Synonyms for particle

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pahr-ti-kuhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɑr tɪ kəl

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Définition of particle

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 :

We see nothing but nature; not a particle of false delicacy or finesse.
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox

Every particle of fat should be carefully skimmed from the surface.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

Then skim and strain it, carefully removing every particle of fat.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

But Dick remembered his mission, and his resolve to perform it was not shaken a particle.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

There is but one force in this world and but one particle of matter.
Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr

I have discovered how to disunite that force and that particle.
Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr

Strain it off clear, and when cold take off every particle of fat.
Extract from : « The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; » by Charlotte Campbell Bury

One particle which had adhered to his thumb he removed with his forefinger.
Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola

Or is the life of mind sufficient, if devoid of any particle of pleasure?
Extract from : « Philebus » by Plato

According to it every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle.
Extract from : « The Machinery of the Universe » by Amos Emerson Dolbear

Antonyms for particle

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