Antonyms for particles


Grammar : Noun
Spell : pahr-ti-kuhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɑr tɪ kəl


Definition of particles

Origin :
  • late 14c., "small part or division of a whole, minute portion of matter," from Latin particula "little bit or part, grain, jot," diminutive of pars (genitive partis) "part;" see part (n.). Particle physics attested from 1969. In construction, particle board (1957) is so called because it is made from chips and shavings of wood.
  • noun atom, piece
Example sentences :
  • Some of the particles are less and some larger, and some are equal to the parts of the sight.
  • Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
  • White is produced by the dilation, black by the contraction, of the particles of sight.
  • Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
  • And so must the particles appear to be like and unlike themselves and each other.
  • Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
  • The animal is a sort of 'world' to the particles of the blood which circulate in it.
  • Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
  • The particles and pronouns, as they are of most frequent occurrence, are also the most troublesome.
  • Extract from : « Charmides » by Plato
  • In shooting I aim to kill, but not to blow into particles of pieces.
  • Extract from : « Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective » by Ellis Parker Butler
  • Such minute particles of dust as cling to the body are carefully removed.
  • Extract from : « The Industries of Animals » by Frdric Houssay
  • It was split into a thousand particles, and the particles were split a million times more.
  • Extract from : « The Leech » by Phillips Barbee
  • In one instance the particles are said to have been "seeds."
  • Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
  • Matter is composed of particles, therefore it is particular.
  • Extract from : « The Ideal » by Stanley Grauman Weinbaum

Synonyms for particles

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