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particle
[pahr-ti-kuhl]
noun
a minute portion, piece, fragment, or amount; a tiny or very small bit.
a particle of dust; not a particle of supporting evidence.
Synonyms: , , , , , ,Physics.
one of the extremely small constituents of matter, as an atom or nucleus.
an elementary particle, quark, or gluon.
a body in which the internal motion is negligible.
a clause or article, as of a document.
Grammar.
(in some languages) one of the major form classes, or parts of speech, consisting of words that are neither nouns nor verbs, or of all uninflected words, or the like.
such a word.
a small word of functional or relational use, as an article, preposition, or conjunction, whether of a separate form class or not.
Roman Catholic Church.a small piece of the Host given to each lay communicant in a Eucharistic service.
particle
/ ˈɑːɪə /
noun
an extremely small piece of matter; speck
a very tiny amount; iota
it doesn't make a particle of difference
a function word, esp (in certain languages) a word belonging to an uninflected class having suprasegmental or grammatical function
the Greek particles ``mēn'' and ``de'' are used to express contrast
questions in Japanese are indicated by the particle ``ka''
English ``up'' is sometimes regarded as an adverbial particle
a common affix, such as re-, un-, or -ness
physics a body with finite mass that can be treated as having negligible size, and internal structure
RC Church a small piece broken off from the Host at Mass
archaica section or clause of a document
particle
A very small piece of solid matter.
An elementary particle, subatomic particle, or atomic nucleus.
Also called corpuscle
Other 51Թ Forms
- particled adjective
- interparticle adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of particle1
Example Sentences
It is these magnetic fields that determine when the Sun rages and spits out particles toward the Earth.
Smoke particles in the atmosphere scatter blue light more, leaving oranges and reds dominant.
Because sound needs something to travel through, it can’t make its way through the vast majority of space, which is a vacuum containing essentially no particles.
After collecting samples from air and water along the coast, scientists from UC San Diego determined that fine particles of various pollutants from wastewater are in the air in parts of San Diego County.
"Just imagine a particle or a dust particle falling into this," Ninios says to me incredulously.
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