Particle
['pɑːtɪk(ə)l] or ['pɑrtɪkl]
Definition
(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.
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Definition
(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.
(n.) Any very small portion or part; the smallest portion; as, he has not a particle of patriotism or virtue.
(n.) A crumb or little piece of concecrated host.
(n.) The smaller hosts distributed in the communion of the laity.
(n.) 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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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Bit, ATOM, MOLECULE, corpuscle, mote, jot, iota, tittle, whit, grain, scrap, mite, scintilla, ace.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Bit, grain, jot, mite, tittle, atom,[See ATOM]
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Definition
n. a little part: a very small portion: (physics) the minutest part into which a body can be divided: an atom: (gram.) an indeclinable word as a preposition a conjunction an interjection: a word that can only be used in composition as wise in sidewise: (R.C. Church) a crumb of consecrated bread also the 'smaller breads' used in the communion of the laity.—adj. Partic′ular relating to a part of anything: pertaining to a single person or thing: individual: special: worthy of special attention: concerned with or marking things single or distinct: exact: nice in taste: precise.—n. a distinct or minute part: a single point: a single instance: (pl.) details.—n. Particularisā′tion.—v.t. Partic′ularise to mention the particulars of: to enumerate in detail: to give a special description of.—v.i. to mention or attend to single things or minute details.—ns. Partic′ularism attention to one's own interest or party: a particular or minute description: the doctrine that salvation is offered only to particular individuals the elect and not freely to the whole race on condition of faith; Partic′ularist one who holds the doctrine of particularism.—adj. Particularist′ic.—n. Particular′ity quality of being particular: minuteness of detail: a single act or case: a single or a minute circumstance: something peculiar or singular.—adv. Partic′ularly in an especial manner: in a high degree: (B.) in detail.—n. Partic′ularness.—adj. Partic′ulāte having the form of a small particle.—In particular specially distinctly.
Editor: Maris
Examples
- The atom, to be sure, can no longer be consider ed the smallest unit of matter, as the mass of a β particle is approximately one seventeen-hundredths that of an atom of hydrogen. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Every particle of air, therefore, will bear any load inferior to the force of these repulsions. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Well then, said Petersham frankly, your charms never excited in me the least particle of desire till this morning. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- There are things about her so singular; she isn't like me, now, a particle; and Marie sighed, as if this was a truly melancholy consideration. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Every particle eludes the grasp by a new fraction; like quicksilver, when we endeavour to seize it. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- If they love one another it doesn't matter a particle how old they are nor how poor. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Every particle of water assumes as many of salt as can adhere to it; when more is added, it precipitates, and will not remain suspended. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- A particle of air loaded with adhering water or any other matter, is heavier than before, and would descend. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Water, in the same manner, will dissolve in air, every particle of air assuming one or more particles of water. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Not a particle of evidence, Pip, said Mr. Jaggers, shaking his head and gathering up his skirts. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I don't feel a particle of sympathy for such cases. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I thought you were, by your packing, replied Mrs. Yeobright in a voice from which every particle of emotion was painfully excluded. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- In order that the gases may burn and the solid particle glow, a plentiful supply of oxygen is necessary. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Something in the throat makes one cough; the tendency is to eject the obnoxious particle and thus modify the subsequent stimulus. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- In this manner every particle of the fibrous pulp is cleared away, and the drawing or writing in ink remains as if it had been drawn directly on the stone. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Let it suffice h ere to state that Rutherford assumes that the greater mass of the atom consis ts o f negatively charged particles rotating about a positive nucle us. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- And yet molecules are made up of even smaller particles, called atoms. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The whole atmosphere could not consist of such groups of three because the watery particles were but a small portion of the total a tmosphere. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- If the distance is short, so that few air particles are involved, the time required for transmission is very brief, and the sound is heard at practically the instant it is made. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The particles are not dissolved in the water, but are held there in suspension, as we call it technically. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Each series contains an emanation, or gas, which through the loss of α particles is transformed into the next following member of the series. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The brush being dipped into the coloured matter, the comb is passed over the brush in such manner as to cause the paint to spatter the object with fine drops or particles. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Gases and carbon particles are set free by the burning wick. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In falling from different heights toward this commo n focus the particles cannot have such perfect equality of resistance that no la teral movements should be set up. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Now only the image-forming silver bromide particles remain, and these have been transformed to metallic silver. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Naturally these experimental facts were to be explained in terms of the ultimate particles of which the various gases are composed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Nothing fell upon the ground but a few particles of froth, which slowly detached themselves from the rim, and trickled lazily down. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In filtration, the water is forced through porcelain or other porous substances which allow the passage of water, but which hold back the minute foreign particles suspended in the water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- One of the latest forms of such a collector has for its essential principle the vertical or rotatory air current, which it is claimed moves and precipitates the finest particles. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Learned men tell us that all hot bodies and all luminous bodies are composed of tiny particles, called molecules, which move unceasingly back and forth with great speed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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