About The Word Particle
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Particle Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Particle?
[n] a function word having different uses in different languages
[n] a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions [n] (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything Synonyms | Synonyms for Particle: atom | molecule | mote | speck Related Terms | Find terms related to Particle: ace | adjectival | adjective | adverb | adverbial | adversative conjunction | atom | attributive | beta particle | bit | butt | chip | chunk | clip | clipping | collop | conjunction | conjunctive adverb | coordinating conjunction | copulative | copulative conjunction | correlative conjunction | crumb | cut | cutting | dab | damn | disjunctive | disjunctive conjunction | dole | dollop | dot | dram | dribble | driblet | drop | droplet | dwarf | electron | end | exclamatory noun | farthing | fleck | flyspeck | form class | form word | fragment | function class | gerundive | gleam | gnat | gob | gobbet | grain | granule | graviton | groat | hair | handful | hint | hoot | hunk | interjection | iota | jot | K-meson | little | little bit | lota | lump | meson | mesotron | microbe | microorganism | midge | minim | minimum | minutia | minutiae | mite | modicum | moiety | molecule | morsel | mote | neutron | nutshell | ounce | paring | part of speech | participle | past participle | pebble | perfect participle | photon | piece | pinch | pinhead | pinpoint | pion | pittance | point | preposition | present participle | proton | quark | rasher | ray | scintilla | scoop | scrap | scruple | shard | shaving | shiver | shred | slice | sliver | smidgen | smidgin | smitch | smithereen | snack | snap | snatch | snip | snippet | spark | speck | splinter | spoonful | spot | stitch | stump | subordinating conjunction | suggestion | suspicion | syllable | tatter | thimbleful | tiny bit | tittle | trifling amount | trivia | vanishing point | verbal adjective | whit | whoop See Also | alpha particle | beta particle | body | boson | chylomicron | closed-class word | deuteron | elementary particle | fermion | function word | fundamental particle | grain | ion | magnetic monopole | material | micelle | prion | scintilla | stuff | subatomic particle | superstring | thermion | virino | virion Particle In Webster's Dictionary \Par"ti*cle\, n. [L. particula, dim of pars, gen
partis, a part: cf. F. particule. See {Part}, and cf.
{Parcel}.]
1. A minute part or portion of matter; a morsel; a little
bit; an atom; a jot; as, a particle of sand, of wood, of
dust.
The small size of atoms which unite To make the
smallest particle of light. --Blackmore.
2. Any very small portion or part; the smallest portion; as,
he has not a particle of patriotism or virtue.
The houses had not given their commissioners
authority in the least particle to recede.
--Clarendon.
3. (R. C. Ch.)
(a) A crumb or little piece of concecrated host.
(b) The smaller hosts distributed in the communion of the
laity. --Bp. Fitzpatrick.
4. (Gram.) A subordinate word that is never inflected (a
preposition, conjunction, interjection); or a word that
can not be used except in compositions; as, ward in
backward, ly in lovely.
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