26984 words

particles

6 definitions • 7 examples
1
a word or a part of a word that has a grammatical purpose but often has little or no meaning:

Examples:

In the sentence "I tidied up the room", the adverb "up" is a particle.
2
an extremely small piece of something such as dust, dirt, or sand:

Examples:

Dust particles must have got into the motor.
If feels as though particles of sand are scratching the surface of your eyes.
smoke particles
3
an extremely small piece of matter, that together with others makes up an atom :

Examples:

Electrons are atomic particles.
4
a very small amount of something:

Examples:

She wouldn't give me even the slightest particle of information about what she'd been doing.
5
an extremely small piece of something:

Examples:

dust particles
6
A particle is also any of the smallest pieces of matter that make up atoms or the parts of atoms.

Navigation