- Matter is composed of very small particles called atoms, hence matter is not continuous but particulate in nature.
- However, there is another nature associated with matter, which is wave-like nature.
- Sub-atomic particles like electrons very well exhibit wave nature along with particle nature.
But now
- Yes, it is correct to say that matter is continuous in nature.
- At first, everyone thought that matter was particulate in nature as the matter was made up of atoms and movement of atoms was at first considered the only particle-like.
- But then de Broglie'* dual nature concept said that every subatomic matter has two nature wave-like and particle-like.
So, if we take the nature of atom to be particle-like then matter is particulate
but if we take the nature of atom to be wave-like then matter is continuous.
