nnoun.substance(physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the elementTopic:chemical sciencechemistrynatural philosophyphysics
Derivationally Related Form:atomizeatomicatomise
Part Holonyms:chemical element element molecule
Hypernyms:substance
Inherited Hypernyms:atomsubstancematterphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:atomsubstancepartrelationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:carbon atomfree radicalhydrogen atomisotopemonadradical
Part Meronyms:elementary particle fundamental particle nucleus
Full Hyponyms:acidic hydrogencarbon atomdeuteriumfree radicalhydrogen atomiodine-125iodine-131isotopelabelmonadradioisotopetracer
nnoun.substance(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anythingSynset:corpuscle molecule mote particle speck
Derivationally Related Form:atomicmolecularatomise
Hypernyms:material stuff
Inherited Hypernyms:atommaterialsubstancematterphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:atommaterialsubstancepartrelationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:chylomicronflyspeckgraingrindingidentification particle
Full Hyponyms:chloroplastchondrulechromoplastchylomicronflyspeckgraingranulegrindingidentification particlemicrosomemicrotaggantplastid