PARTICLE
\pˈɑːtɪkə͡l], \pˈɑːtɪkəl], \p_ˈɑː_t_ɪ_k_əl]\
Definitions of PARTICLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions
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a function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Any very small portion or part; the smallest portion; as, he has not a particle of patriotism or virtue.
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A crumb or little piece of concecrated host.
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The smaller hosts distributed in the communion of the laity.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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Any very small portion or part; the smallest portion; as, he has not a particle of patriotism or virtue.
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A crumb or little piece of concecrated host.
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The smaller hosts distributed in the communion of the laity.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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A very small piece; a bit; as, a particle of dust: in grammar, a word not used alone, as a conjunction or a preposition.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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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.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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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.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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