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Who originate the greek word "atomos" which means indivisible ?

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Rutherford
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Thomson
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Aristotle
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Democritus
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Dalton
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The correct option is D Democritus
Around 2,500 years ago, Greek thinker Democritus came up with the idea that there must be a point where you could no longer cut something any smaller. He named the atom after the Greek word 'atomos', which means 'that which can't be split.

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