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1. (n.) particle
a minute portion, piece, or amount; a very small bit:
a particle of dust.
2. particle
one of the extremely small constituents of matter, as an atom, proton, quark, or gluon.
3. particle
a clause or article, as of a document.
4. particle
Gram. any of various small, usu. uninflected words or affixes having functional or relational rather than lexical use and in some languages constituting a form class: in English often applied to words like to used in forming the infinitive or the word following the verb in a phrasal verb, as up in
get up.
5. particle
a small piece of the Host given to each lay communicant in a Eucharistic service.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L particula)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck
(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
2. (noun) particle, subatomic particle
a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions
3. (noun) particle
a function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Particle
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
2. (noun) Particle
any very small portion or part; the smallest portion; as, he has not a particle of patriotism or virtue
3. (noun) Particle
a crumb or little piece of concecrated host
4. (noun) Particle
the smaller hosts distributed in the communion of the laity
5. (noun) Particle
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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Sense: a very small piece
a particle of dust.
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 Afrikaans: deeltjie |
 Arabic: جُسَيْم |
 Bulgarian: частица |
 Brazilian: partícula |
 Czech: částečka, smítko |
 German: das Teilchen |
 Danish: partikel; -partikel |
 Greek: μόριο |
 Spanish: partícula |
 Estonian: osake, kübe |
 Farsi: ذره |
 Finnish: hiukkanen |
 French: particule |
 Hebrew: חֶלקִיק |
 Hindi: कण |
 Croatian: čestica, trunak |
 Hungarian: (elemi) részecske |
 Indonesian: partikel |
 Icelandic: ögn |
 Italian: particella |
 Japanese: 粒子 |
 Korean: 미립자 |
 Lithuanian: dalelytė, krislas |
 Latvian: daļiņa; kripatiņa |
 Malay: habuk |
 Dutch: deeltje |
 Norwegian: partikkel,–korn |
 Polish: odrobina |
 Persian: ذره |
 Pashto: ذره، بڅركى، خاشه |
 Portuguese: partícula |
 Romanian: particulă |
 Russian: частица |
 Slovak: čiastočka, smietka; časti |
 Slovenian: drobec |
 Serbian: čestica |
 Swedish: partikel |
 Thai: อนุภาค |
 Turkish: parçacık, zerre |
 Taiwanese: 微粒 |
 Ukrainian: частка |
 Urdu: ذرہ |
 Vietnamese: hạt |
 Chinese: 微粒 |
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