Particle Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

The meaning of PARTICLE is a minute quantity or fragment. How to use particle in a sentence. Login SignUp Hello, Games&Quizzes Thesaurus WordoftheDay Features BuyingGuide M-WBooks JoinMWU MyWordsMyWords ViewRecents Account LogOut particle noun SaveWord par·​ti·​cle |\ˈpär-ti-kəl \ Definitionofparticle 1a :aminutequantityorfragment b :arelativelysmallorthesmallestdiscreteportionoramountofsomething 2 archaic :aclauseorarticleofacompositionordocument 3 :anyofthebasicunitsofmatterandenergy(suchasamolecule,atom,proton,electron,orphoton) 4 :aunitofspeechexpressingsomegeneralaspectofmeaningorsomeconnectiveorlimitingrelationandincludingthearticles,mostprepositionsandconjunctions,andsomeinterjectionsandadverbs theparticleuphasaperfectivemeaninginphrasessuchasbeatupandcutup 5 :asmalleucharisticwaferdistributedtoaRomanCatholiclaymanatCommunion Synonyms MoreExampleSentences PhrasesContainingparticle LearnMoreAboutparticle Synonymsforparticle Synonyms ace, bit, crumb, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, hint, lick, little, mite, nip, ounce, peanuts, ray, scintilla, scruple, shade, shadow, shred, skosh, smack, smell, smidgen (alsosmidgeonorsmidginorsmidge), snap, soupçon, spark, spatter, speck, splash, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, tad, touch, trace VisittheThesaurusforMore  ExamplesofparticleinaSentence Thereisnotaparticleofevidencetosupporttheirclaim. Thereisnotaparticleoftruthinwhathesaid. Thephrasalverb“lookup”consistsoftheverb“look”andtheadverbialparticle“up.” RecentExamplesontheWeb Myfavoriteexampleisthenatureoflight:islightaparticleorawave? — CaraC.Heuser,ScientificAmerican,21Mar.2022 Thatjetofparticlesiscalledaquasar;quasarswithparticlejetsaimeddirectlyattheEarthareextremelybrightandarecalledblazars. — MikeSnider,USATODAY,5Mar.2022 InadditiontothenewABI,GOES-T’sutilitybeltoftoolsincludeageostationarylightningmapper,aparticlefluxsensor,asolarirradiancemonitorandamagnetometer. — JoeMarioPedersen,orlandosentinel.com,1Mar.2022 However,gravitydescribesthreedimensions,whereasparticletheoryconsistsofonlytwodimensions. — JoshuaHawkins,BGR,23Feb.2022 Butalso,startinginthe1970s,builderstendedtousematerialsthathaven’theldtheirvalue,likesecond-orthird-growthlumber,orparticleboard. — AarianMarshall,Wired,22Feb.2022 Sinceasingledustparticlecandestroymillionsoftransistorsonawafer,workerswearbunnysuitsthatcovertheirwholebodytoensurenotsomuchasahairlandsinASML'ssensitiveequipment. — ChristiaanHetzner,Fortune,20Jan.2022 Hackersareknownfortheiringeniousandboldmovessuchasdisplayingadigitizedhumanhairfollicleoradustparticleonauser’sscreen;whenthisobjectiswipedorswipedaway,amalwareisdownloadedstealthily. — StuSjouwerman,Forbes,18Jan.2022 Thesatelliteisequippedwithspaceweathertoolslikeaparticlefluxsensor,solarirradiancemonitorandamagnetometer,Sullivansaid. — JoeMarioPedersen,orlandosentinel.com,4Feb.2022 SeeMore Theseexamplesentencesareselectedautomaticallyfromvariousonlinenewssourcestoreflectcurrentusageoftheword'particle.'ViewsexpressedintheexamplesdonotrepresenttheopinionofMerriam-Websteroritseditors.Sendusfeedback. PhrasesContainingparticle alphaparticle betaparticle elementaryparticle fundamentalparticle J/psiparticle particleaccelerator particlephysics psiparticle Wparticle Zparticle SeeMore alphaparticle betaparticle elementaryparticle fundamentalparticle J/psiparticle particleaccelerator particlephysics psiparticle Wparticle Zparticle SeeMore FirstKnownUseofparticle 14thcentury,inthemeaningdefinedatsense1a HistoryandEtymologyforparticle MiddleEnglish,fromLatinparticula,fromdiminutiveofpart-,pars LearnMoreAboutparticle Shareparticle PosttheDefinitionofparticletoFacebook SharetheDefinitionofparticleonTwitter TimeTravelerforparticle Thefirstknownuseofparticlewas inthe14thcentury Seemorewordsfromthesamecentury DictionaryEntriesNearparticle participle particle particleaccelerator SeeMoreNearbyEntries  Statisticsforparticle LastUpdated 29Mar2022 Look-upPopularity CitethisEntry “Particle.”Merriam-Webster.comDictionary,Merriam-Webster,https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/particle.Accessed9Apr.2022. Style:MLA MLA Chicago APA Merriam-Webster MoreDefinitionsforparticle particle noun par·​ti·​cle |\ˈpär-ti-kəl \ KidsDefinitionofparticle :averysmallbitoramountofsomething aparticleofsandaparticleofsense particle noun par·​ti·​cle |\ˈpärt-i-kəl \ Medical Definitionofparticle 1 :oneoftheminutesubdivisionsofmatter(asanatomormolecule) also :elementaryparticle 2 :aminutequantityorfragment MorefromMerriam-Websteronparticle Nglish:TranslationofparticleforSpanishSpeakers BritannicaEnglish:TranslationofparticleforArabicSpeakers WORDOFTHEDAY construe SeeDefinitionsandExamples» GetWordoftheDaydailyemail! TestYourVocabulary Eponyms:WordsNamedAfterPeople Whatisthebestdefinitionofboycott? todivideproportionately torefuseparticipatein(something)asawayofprotesting toprepareasmallmealforsustenance tomakelivelyorexcited Canyouspellthese10commonlymisspelledwords? TAKETHEQUIZ Adailychallengeforcrosswordfanatics. 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