Both Uses of
atom
in
Wuthering Heights
- Drag him down, and crush him to atoms, that the place which knows him may know him no more!'†
p. 16.7 *atoms = the smallest parts of any material that cannot be broken up by chemical means
- One state resembles setting a hungry man down to a single dish, on which he may concentrate his entire appetite and do it justice; the other, introducing him to a table laid out by French cooks: he can perhaps extract as much enjoyment from the whole; but each part is a mere atom in his regard and remembrance.'†
p. 44.0atom = the smallest part of any material that cannot be broken up by chemical means
Definition:
the smallest part of any material that cannot be broken up by chemical means; comprised of a nucleus of protons and neutrons surrounded by orbiting electrons