homoeomery

noun

ho·​moe·​om·​ery

plural -es

1

: one of an infinite number of homogeneous ultimate particles of matter constituting through their combination and separation everything in the world

2

: an Anaxagorean theory postulating homoeomeries

Word History

Etymology

Latin homoeomeria, from Greek homoiomereia, from homoiomerēs + -eia -y

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