He still believed that the atom was the smallest unit of matter, and that it could not be bvroken down. He believed in Democritus' theory of the atom looking like a marble. John Dalton also tried to calculate the atomic weight of compounds. He also tried to come up with the atomic stuructures of atoms.
Flanagan described what happened to him as âvirtual mobbing.â It means a large number of angry people ganging up by email, blog, tweet, and other electronic means, to denormalize, demonize, and ultimately destroy the one deemed a public enemy.
virtual adjective (COMPUTER). B2 Something that is virtual can be done or âseen using a âcomputer and âtherefore without going âanywhere or âtalking to anyone: virtual âshopping. (Definition of virtual from the Cambridge Advanced Learnerâs Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press). Fighting and â shortages have â brought â normal â life to a virtual â standstill in the â city. 2  He is a virtual â prisoner in his own â home. 3  Falling â orders â led to the virtual â ruin of her â company. 4  She â suffered a virtual â breakdown when her â marriage â broke up.