1) Consisting of tiny bits 
• (a.) Extremely minute; tiny. • (a.) Of or pertaining to atoms.
1. Of or pertaining to atoms. ... 2. Extremely minute; tiny. Atomic philosophy, or Doctrine of atoms, a system which assuming that atoms are endued with gravity and motion accounted thus for the origin and formation of all things. This philosophy was first broached by Leucippus, was developed by Democritus, and afterward improved by Epicurus, and h...