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Definition of Particle

1. Noun. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything.

2. Noun. A body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions.

3. Noun. A function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs.

Definition of Particle

1. n. 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.

Definition of Particle

1. Noun. A very small piece of matter, a fragment; especially, the smallest possible part of something. (defdate from 14th c.) ¹

2. Noun. (linguistics) A word that has a particular grammatical function but does not obviously belong to any particular part of speech, such as the word ''to'' in English infinitives or O as the vocative particle. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹

3. Noun. (physics) Any of various physical objects making up the constituent parts of an atom; an elementary particle or subatomic particle. (defdate from 19th c.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Particle

1. a very small piece or part [n -S]

Medical Definition of Particle

1. A tiny mass of material. Origin: L. Particula, dim. Of pars = part This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Particle

participatory participatory democracies participatory democracy participatory economics participial participial adjective participial adjectives participialize participialized participializes

participializing participially participials participle participles particle (current term) particle accelerator particle accelerators particle beam particle board

particle boards particle energies particle energy particle fluence particle mechanics particle physics particle theory particleboard particleboards particles

Literary usage of Particle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"If we next introduce a new function of/and write m then m m' l\(f) will represent—CO The work done by the attractive force on the particle m, ..."

2. Analytical Mechanics for Engineers by Fred B. Seely, Newton Edward Ensign (1921)
"Momentum of a particle Defined. Units. —The momentum of a particle of a moving body, at any instant, is defined as the product of the mass of the particle ..."

3. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1892)
"The properties which we attribute to the particle are of the same kind as those which we observe in the complete magnet, and in assuming that the particles ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"This is also the null position, or zero of phase (to be marked + 0), for the first particle of each component wave, г. в., the particle on the left hand ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"This is also the null position, or zero of phase (to be marked -f 0), for the first particle of each component wave, г. e., the particle on the left hand ..."

6. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1914)
"By drawing the directions of the particle before and after collision, ... For paths between A and Ba particle would collide with M on rebounding from N but ..."

7. Differential and Integral Calculus by Clyde Elton Love (1916)
"If the particle is free to move in any direction, the motion will be ... It should be noted that the term "'particle " as here used does not mean ..."

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