Definition of particle

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Particle (n.) Any very small portion or part; the smallest portion; as, he has not a particle of patriotism or virtue..

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Attraction :: Attraction (n.) An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending to draw them together, or to produce their cohesion or combination, and conversely resisting separation..
Sleet :: Sleet (n.) Hail or snow, mingled with rain, usually falling, or driven by the wind, in fine particles..
Cryptocrystalline :: Cryptocrystalline (a.) Indistinctly crystalline; -- applied to rocks and minerals, whose state of aggregation is so fine that no distinct particles are visible, even under the microscope..
Sand :: Sand (n.) Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet..
Repulsion :: Repulsion (n.) The power, either inherent or due to some physical action, by which bodies, or the particles of bodies, are made to recede from each other, or to resist each other's nearer approach; as, molecular repulsion; electrical repulsion..
Sprinkle :: Sprinkle (v. i.) To fly or be scattered in small drops or particles.
Comminution :: Comminution (n.) Gradual diminution by the removal of small particles at a time; a lessening; a wearing away.
Elutriate :: Elutriate (v. t.) To wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off with water; to cleanse, as by washing..
Scintillate :: Scintillate (v. i.) To emit sparks, or fine igneous particles..
Particle :: Particle (n.) A crumb or little piece of concecrated host.
Gravitation :: Gravitation (n.) That species of attraction or force by which all bodies or particles of matter in the universe tend toward each other; called also attraction of gravitation, universal gravitation, and universal gravity. See Attraction, and Weight..
Grit :: Grit (n.) Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles..
Mote :: Mote (n.) A small particle, as of floating dust; anything proverbially small; a speck..
Grail :: Grail (n.) Small particles of earth; gravel.
Gritty :: Gritty (a.) Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.
Comminute :: Comminute (v. t.) To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; to pulverize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or bones; to comminute food with the teeth..
Soot :: Soot (n.) A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from fuel in the process of combustion, which rises in fine particles, and adheres to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke; strictly, the fine powder, consisting chiefly of carbon, which colors smoke, and which is the result of imperfect combustion. See Smoke..
Dandruff :: Dandruff (n.) A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small or particles..
Negative :: Negative (n.) A proposition by which something is denied or forbidden; a conception or term formed by prefixing the negative particle to one which is positive; an opposite or contradictory term or conception.
Associate :: Associate (v. t.) To join or connect; to combine in acting; as, particles of gold associated with other substances..
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