noun. A very small piece or part; a tiny portion or speck.

noun. A very small or the smallest possible amount, trace, or degree.

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noun. A body whose spatial extent and internal motion and structure, if any, are irrelevant in a specific problem.

noun. An elementary particle.

noun. A subatomic particle.

noun. undefined

noun. An uninflected item that has grammatical function but does not clearly belong to one of the major parts of speech, such as up in He looked up the word or to in English infinitives.

noun. In some systems of grammatical analysis, any of various short function words, including articles, prepositions, and conjunctions.

noun. A portion or fragment of the Eucharistic host.

noun. A small part of something written, such as a clause of a document.

noun. In a document of any kind, a very small part of any statement or proposition; a clause.

noun. In the Roman Catholic Church, the host given to each lay communicant.

noun. In mech., a body or portion of matter so minute that, while it possesses mass, it may be treated as a geometrical point.

noun. A small part or piece, especially a small part or portion of some material substance: as, a particle of dust.

noun. Specifically, any very small piece or part of anything: absolutely, a minute quantity; anything very small; an atom; a bit: as, he has not a particle of patriotism or virtue; are you fatigued? Not a particle.

noun. In grammar, a part of speech that is considered of minor consequence, or that plays a subordinate part in the structure of the sentence, as connective, sign of relation, or the like: such are especially conjunctions, prepositions, and the primitive adverbs. The term is loose and unscientific.

noun. Synonyms and Particle, Atom, Molecule, Corpuscle,iota, jot, mite, tittle, whit, grain, scrap, shred, scin-tilla. Atom and molecule are exact scientific terms; the other two of the italicized words are not. A particle is primarily a minute part or piece of a material substance, or, as in the case of dust, pollen, etc., a substance that exists in exceedingly minute form. Corpuscle is a somewhat old word for particle, to which it has almost entirely yielded place, taking up instead a special meaning in physiology. See definitions; see also part, n.

noun. A minute part or portion of matter; a morsel; a little bit; an atom; a jot.

noun. Any very small portion or part; the smallest portion.

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noun. A crumb or little piece of consecrated host.

noun. The smaller hosts distributed in the communion of the laity.

noun. A subordinate word that is never inflected (a preposition, conjunction, interjection); or a word that can not be used except in compositions.

noun. An elementary particle.

noun. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

noun. a function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs

noun. a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions

"_The vast emptiness which surrounds the universe, was not filled with things seen, with sun or moon or stars; it stretched boundless, penetrating everywhere, disuniting everything, body from body, particle from particle_."

alpha particles  beta particles  central particle  consecutive  elementary particles of zimmermann  

aspect particle  modal particle  particle accelerator  particle beam  particle board  

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elementary particle