Definitions for particle

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particle par·ti·cle

Spelling: [pahr-ti-kuh l]

IPA: /ˈpɑr tɪ kəl/

Particle is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 497 anagrams from letters in particle (aceilprt).

Definitions for particle

noun

1. a minute portion, piece, fragment, or amount; a tiny or very small bit:
2. Physics. one of the extremely small constituents of matter, as an atom or nucleus. an elementary particle, quark, or gluon. a body in which the internal motion is negligible.
3. a clause or article, as of a document.
4. Grammar. (in some languages) one of the major form classes, or parts of speech, consisting of words that are neither nouns nor verbs, or of all uninflected words, or the like. such a word. a small word of functional or relational use, as an article, preposition, or conjunction, whether of a separate form class or not.
5. Roman Catholic Church. a small piece of the Host given to each lay communicant in a Eucharistic service.

Origin of particle

First recorded in 1350-1400; Middle English word from Latin word particula. See part, -i-, -cle¹

Examples for particle

Instead, Davis said with a hearty chuckle, “Marshall gave me a book on particle physics to read overnight.”

There is but one force in this world and but one particle of matter.

After episodes of not-so-subtly mentioning the particle accelerator at S.T.A.R Labs, we finally get what we want.

When the Higgs particle was discovered, everywhere I went I heard people wondering about its significance.

For 50 years, scientists had predicted the existence of the particle we now know as Higgs boson, which gives mass to matter.

But Dick remembered his mission, and his resolve to perform it was not shaken a particle.

After eight episodes of not-so-subtly mentioning the particle accelerator at S.T.A.R Labs, we finally get what we want.

Every particle of fat should be carefully skimmed from the surface.

We see nothing but nature; not a particle of false delicacy or finesse.

Then skim and strain it, carefully removing every particle of fat.