Definition of particle

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Particle (n.) 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..

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Vibrate :: Vibrate (v. i.) To have the constituent particles move to and fro, with alternate compression and dilation of parts, as the air, or any elastic body; to quiver..
Particulate :: Particulate (a.) Having the form of a particle.
Homogeneous :: Homogeneous (a.) Of the same kind of nature; consisting of similar parts, or of elements of the like nature; -- opposed to heterogeneous; as, homogeneous particles, elements, or principles; homogeneous bodies..
Infection :: Infection (n.) The state of being infected; contamination by morbific particles; the result of infecting influence; a prevailing disease; epidemic.
Grain :: Grain (n.) Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc..
Sprinkle :: Sprinkle (v. i.) To scatter a liquid, or any fine substance, so that it may fall in particles..
Mill :: Mill (n.) To reduce to fine particles, or to small pieces, in a mill; to grind; to comminute..
Drizzle :: Drizzle (v. i.) To rain slightly in very small drops; to fall, as water from the clouds, slowly and in fine particles; as, it drizzles; drizzling drops or rain..
Undulation :: Undulation (n.) A motion to and fro, up and down, or from side to side, in any fluid or elastic medium, propagated continuously among its particles, but with no translation of the particles themselves in the direction of the propagation of the wave; a wave motion; a vibration..
Saline :: Saline (a.) Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic..
Amorphism :: Amorphism (n.) A state of being amorphous; esp. a state of being without crystallization even in the minutest particles, as in glass, opal, etc..
Crush :: Crush (v. t.) To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz..
Filing :: Filing (n.) A fragment or particle rubbed off by the act of filing; as, iron filings..
Dissociate :: Dissociate (v. t.) To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance..
Un- :: Un- (adv.) To present particles which come from intransitive verbs, or are themselves employed as adjectives, to mark the absence of the activity, disposition, or condition implied by the participle; as, - ---- and the like..
Nor :: Nor (conj.) A negative connective or particle, introducing the second member or clause of a negative proposition, following neither, or not, in the first member or clause (as or in affirmative propositions follows either). Nor is also used sometimes in the first member for neither, and sometimes the neither is omitted and implied by the use of nor..
Sand :: Sand (n.) A single particle of such stone.
Ecphonema :: Ecphonema (n.) A breaking out with some interjectional particle.
Cohesion :: Cohesion (n.) That from of attraction by which the particles of a body are united throughout the mass, whether like or unlike; -- distinguished from adhesion, which unites bodies by their adjacent surfaces..
Peppercorn :: Peppercorn (n.) Anything insignificant; a particle.
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