Assertion: atom | /r/HasProperty | the smallest unit of matter
Facets:
value: on earth
type: LOCATION
value: for quite a while
type: TEMPORAL
value: in the universe
type: LOCATION
value: in the world
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: An atom is the smallest unit of matter that retains all of the chemical properties of an element.
text: The atom is the smallest unit on Earth.
text: The atom is the smallest part of matter that represents a particular element.
text: An Atom is a still smaller particle produced by division of a molecule.
text: It is the smallest thing that can have a chemical property.
text: Although atoms are the smallest units that can be found in all matter, these atoms have a complex structure when experimentally analyzed.
text: The atom is also the smallest entity that can be envisaged to retain the chemical properties of the element, such as electronegativity, ionization potential, preferred oxidation state(s), coordination number, and preferred types of bonds to form (e.g., metallic, ionic, covalent).
text: The term "atom" comes from the Greek word for indivisible, because it was once thought that atoms were the smallest things in the universe and could not be divided.
text: Atoms consist of individual components (some of which include their own subatomic components), but an atom, which is about 1 × 10-10 m wide, is the smallest particle that retains the individual properties of a larger whole.
text: Atoms are the smallest particles in which a material can be divided.
text: so an atom of gold is the smallest amount of gold you can possibly have.
text: In ancient times, people thought atoms were the smallest possible things in the world.
text: Since then, the atom was known as the smallest particle on earth.
text: Atom is the smallest unit of matter.
text: Even though an atom is the smallest unit of matter it retains all the chemical properties of an element.
text: The atom is the smallest unit of matter that can't be divided using any chemical means and the building block that has unique properties.
text: The atom is the smallest unit that has the properties of an element.
text: Earlier, scientists believed that an atom is the smallest unit that can be found on earth and all matter is composed of atoms, but later experiments proved that atoms can be further divided into subatomic particles.
text: For quite a while, the atom was thought to be the smallest part of matter that could exist.