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/pˈɑrtəkəl/ /pˈɑrtɪkəl/ Listen

noun

Particle n.

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. "The small size of atoms which unite To make the smallest particle of light."

Any very small portion or part; the smallest portion; as, he has not a particle of patriotism or virtue. "The houses had not given their commissioners authority in the least particle to recede."

(R. C. Ch.)

(a)

A crumb or little piece of consecrated host.

(b)

The smaller hosts distributed in the communion of the laity.

(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.

(Physics) An elementary particle.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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