2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
The small size of atoms which unite To make the
smallest particle of light. --Blackmore.
2. 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.
--Clarendon.
3. (R. C. Ch.)
a A crumb or little piece of concecrated host.
b The smaller hosts distributed in the communion of the
laity. --Bp. Fitzpatrick.
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
particle
n 1: (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything [syn: {atom},
{molecule}, {mote}, {speck}]
2: a body having finite mass and internal structure but
negligible dimensions
3: a function word having different uses in different languages
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