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a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions

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

a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions

Any very small portion or part; the smallest portion; as, he has not a particle of patriotism or virtue.

A crumb or little piece of concecrated host.

The smaller hosts distributed in the communion of the laity.

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.

Any very small portion or part; the smallest portion; as, he has not a particle of patriotism or virtue.

A crumb or little piece of concecrated host.

The smaller hosts distributed in the communion of the laity.

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.

A very small piece; a bit; as, a particle of dust: in grammar, a word not used alone, as a conjunction or a preposition.

1. A very small piece or portion of anything. 2. One of the groups of molecules assumed by Hardy to form the constituent elements of bioplasm, being held in suspension in water by electrical equilibrium.

A minute portion: atom.

An uninflected part of speech, as a preposition.

A minute part or portion; a word not inflected or used alone.

One of the minutest parts or atoms into which matter can be mechanically divided; a very small portion or part; the component parts or granules of all solid substances; in gram., a word unvaried by inflection; a small connecting word.

n. [Latin] A minute part of matter; an atom; a molecule; a grain;—any very small part or portion; jot; tittle;—in grammar, any part of speech that is not inflected.