particle
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[ English
[ Etymology
From Latin particula ‘small part, particle’, diminutive of pars ‘part, piece’.
[ Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /ˈpɑːtɪkəl/
- (US) IPA: /ˈpɑːrtɪkəl/
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- Rhymes: -ɑː(r)tɪkəl
[ Noun
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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.
[ Translations
body with very small size
elementary particle or subatomic particle
word that does not belong to any particular part of speech
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