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English
Etymology
From Latin particula (“‘small part, particle’”), diminutive of pars (“‘part, piece’”).
Pronunciation
Noun
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Singular particle |
Plural particles |
particle (plural particles)
- A body with very small size; a fragment.
- (physics) An elementary particle or subatomic particle.
- (linguistics) A word that has a particular grammatical function but does not obviously belong to any particular part of speech, such as the word to in English infinitives or O as the vocative particle.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:particle
Derived terms
- particle accelerator
- particle beam
- particle board
- particle physics
- modal particle
- aspect particle
Related terms
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