All 3 Uses of
atom
in
Tender is the Night
- Standing in the station, with Paris in back of them, it seemed as if they were vicariously leaning a little over the ocean, already undergoing a sea-change, a shifting about of atoms to form the essential molecule of a new people.†
Chpt 1.19 *atoms = the smallest parts of any material that cannot be broken up by chemical means
- There were now no more plans than if Dick had arbitrarily made some indissoluble mixture, with atoms joined and inseparable; you could throw it all out but never again could they fit back into atomic scale.†
Chpt 2.9
- There were now no more plans than if Dick had arbitrarily made some indissoluble mixture, with atoms joined and inseparable; you could throw it all out but never again could they fit back into atomic scale.†
Chpt 2.9atomic = related to 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