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What Does the Word ‘Atom’ Mean ?

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What does the word ‘atom’ mean?

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“atom” means‘indivisible”

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Chapter 4: Atoms, Molecules and Radicals - Additional questions

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Selina Concise Chemistry [English] Class 7 ICSE
Chapter 4 Atoms, Molecules and Radicals
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