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/pˈɑrtəkəl/ /pˈɑrtɪkəl/ Listen

noun

Particle 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. "The small size of atoms which unite To make the smallest particle of light."

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."

(R. C. Ch.)

(a)

A crumb or little piece of consecrated host.

(b)

The smaller hosts distributed in the communion of the laity.

(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.

(Physics) An elementary particle.

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Etymology of 'Particle'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Particle" Quotes from Famous Books

... dramatic works, such as the world will not let die. There is no doubt that he was a born poet, but it was his faculty to read men and things that at last waked the dormant powers of the poet into life. He saw, investigated, understood, mastered, and finally applied every particle of information acquired to the work ...

— The Bobbin Boy - or, How Nat Got His learning • William M. Thayer

... and Robert Goddard's," Voss said, his voice bitter. "Although his story has a better ending. Christofilos invented the strong-focusing principle that made possible the multi-billion-volt particle accelerators currently so widely used in nuclear physics experimentation. However, he was nothing but a Greek elevator electrical system engineer and the supposed experts turned him down on the grounds that his math was faulty. It seems that he submitted the idea in straight-algebra terms instead ...

— Status Quo • Dallas McCord Reynolds

... to have a clear and distinct conception of the difference between the motion of a wave and that of a current. In the current there is a transfer of water; in the wave the transfer is no more than would be brought about by a particle of water impinging on another where that particle has a motion perpendicular to the surface, and a rising and falling results. The onward movement of the wave itself is always perceptible enough. That the water is not moving with the same velocity is ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887 • Various

... direction in which he had last seen the pursuing boats. It was a late breakfast, for it was ten in the forenoon when it was finished. But this meal, though it seemed to increase the vigor and resolution of the party, did not remove a particle of their ...

— Watch and Wait - or The Young Fugitives • Oliver Optic

... his occasional plunges by the way, but without any serious result— not even to the extent of stuffing his nose, ears, neck, mittens, pockets, gun-barrels, and everything else with snow, because, these being quite full and hard packed already, there was no room left for the addition of another particle. ...

— The Young Fur Traders • R.M. Ballantyne

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