'Particle' definitions:
Definition of 'particle'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Particle'
From: GCIDE
- Particle \Par"ti*cle\, n. [L. particula, dim. of pars, gen partis, a part: cf. F. particule. See Part, and cf. Parcel.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- The small size of atoms which unite To make the smallest particle of light. --Blackmore. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any very small portion or part; the smallest portion; as, he has not a particle of patriotism or virtue. [1913 Webster]
- The houses had not given their commissioners authority in the least particle to recede. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (R. C. Ch.) (a) A crumb or little piece of consecrated host. (b) The smaller hosts distributed in the communion of the laity. --Bp. Fitzpatrick. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Physics) An elementary particle. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'particle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ace,
- adjectival,
- adjective,
- adverb,
- adverbial,
- adversative conjunction,
- atom,
- attributive,
- beta particle,
- bit,
- butt,
- chip,
- chunk,
- clip,
- clipping,
- collop,
- conjunction,
- conjunctive adverb,
- coordinating conjunction,
- copulative,
- copulative conjunction,
- correlative conjunction,
- crumb,
- cut,
- cutting,
- dab,
- damn,
- disjunctive,
- disjunctive conjunction,
- dole,
- dollop,
- dot,
- dram,
- dribble,
- driblet,
- drop,
- droplet,
- dwarf,
- electron,
- end,
- exclamatory noun,
- farthing,
- fleck,
- flyspeck,
- form class,
- form word,
- fragment,
- function class,
- gerundive,
- gleam,
- gnat,
- gob,
- gobbet,
- grain,
- granule,
- graviton,
- groat,
- hair,
- handful,
- hint,
- hoot,
- hunk,
- interjection,
- iota,
- jot,
- K-meson,
- little,
- little bit,
- lota,
- lump,
- meson,
- mesotron,
- microbe,
- microorganism,
- midge,
- minim,
- minimum,
- minutia,
- minutiae,
- mite,
- modicum,
- moiety,
- molecule,
- morsel,
- mote,
- neutron,
- nutshell,
- ounce,
- paring,
- part of speech,
- participle,
- past participle,
- pebble,
- perfect participle,
- photon,
- piece,
- pinch,
- pinhead,
- pinpoint,
- pion,
- pittance,
- point,
- preposition,
- present participle,
- proton,
- quark,
- rasher,
- ray,
- scintilla,
- scoop,
- scrap,
- scruple,
- shard,
- shaving,
- shiver,
- shred,
- slice,
- sliver,
- smidgen,
- smidgin,
- smitch,
- smithereen,
- snack,
- snap,
- snatch,
- snip,
- snippet,
- spark,
- speck,
- splinter,
- spoonful,
- spot,
- stitch,
- stump,
- subordinating conjunction,
- suggestion,
- suspicion,
- syllable,
- tatter,
- thimbleful,
- tiny bit,
- tittle,
- trifling amount,
- trivia,
- vanishing point,
- verbal adjective,
- whit,
- whoop
Words containing 'Particle'
- Integrant particles,
- Particle accelerator,
- Particle physics,
- alpha particle,
- beta particle,
- dispersed particles,
- elementary particle,
- fundamental particle,
- heavy particle,
- identification particle,
- j particle,
- k particle,
- lambda particle,
- particle beam,
- particle board,
- particle detector,
- psi particle,
- strange particle,
- subatomic particle,
- small-particle pollution,
- tau-minus particle,
- tau-plus particle,
- wave-particle duality,
- weakly interacting massive particle