Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to Democritus, a Greek philosopher born about 460
b. c. , or to the atomic theory associated with his name. Seeatomic .
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Examples
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Generally Epicurean school has a very robust physical theory because they refined the original democritean atomic theory.
The First Quantum Cosmologist Sean 2008
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In epicurean/democritean/atomic terms “void” is also “being” like atoms.
The First Quantum Cosmologist Sean 2008
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