particle
Meaning
Noun
- A very small piece of matter, a fragment; especially, the smallest possible part of something.
- Any of various physical objects making up the constituent parts of an atom; an elementary particle or subatomic particle.
- 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 a vocative particle.
- A function word associated with another word or phrase to impart meaning.
- A part of speech which cannot be inflected: an adverb, preposition, conjunction or interjection.
- In the Roman Catholic church, a crumb of consecrated bread; also the smaller breads used in the communion of the laity.
Related
Similar words
Narrower meaning words
- aspect particle
- en
- bradyon
- elvisbrion
- faster-than-light particle
- luxon
- superluminal particle
- tachyon
- tachyonic particle
Origin
- From Middle French particule, and its source, Latin particula, diminutive of pars.
Modern English dictionary
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