Particle Definition

pärtĭ-kəl
particles
noun
particles
An extremely small piece; tiny fragment.
A dust particle.
Webster's New World
The slightest trace; speck.
Not a particle of truth.
Webster's New World
A very small or the smallest possible amount, trace, or degree.
Not a particle of doubt.
American Heritage
A body whose spatial extent and internal motion and structure, if any, are irrelevant in a specific problem.
American Heritage
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Particle

Noun

Singular:
particle
Plural:
particles

Origin of Particle

  • From Middle French particule, and its source, Latin particula (“small part, particle"), diminutive of pars (“part, piece").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Latin particula diminutive of pars part- part part

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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