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English noun: particle | |||
| 1. | particle (substance) (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything | ||
| Synonyms | atom, corpuscle, molecule, mote, speck | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | material, stuff | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | chylomicron, flyspeck, grain, grinding, identification particle | ||
| 2. | particle (object) a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions | ||
| Synonyms | subatomic particle | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | body | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | alpha particle, beta particle, boson, deuteron, elementary particle, fermion, fundamental particle, ion, magnetic monopole, micelle, prion, scintilla, superstring, thermion, virino, virion | ||
| 3. | particle (communication) a function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | closed-class word, function word | ||
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