particles
Meaning
plural of particle
Concepts
particles
crumbs
postpositions
scraps
Frequency
Hyphenated as
par‧ti‧cles
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɑɹtɪkl̩z/
New
particle
- A very small piece of matter, a fragment; especially, the smallest possible part of something.
- Any of various physical objects making up the constituent parts of an atom; an elementary particle or subatomic particle.
- A part of speech that has no inherent lexical definition but must be associated with another word to impart meaning, often a grammatical category: for example, the English word to in a full infinitive phrase (to eat) or O in a vocative phrase (O Canada), or as a discourse marker (mmm).
- A part of speech which cannot be inflected.
- In the Roman Catholic church, a crumb of consecrated bread; also the smaller breads used in the communion of the laity.
- A little bit.
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