• a b
  • Log In
  • Home
  • Vocabulary
  • Writing
  • Mobile apps
  • Help
  • ©2017 EdictFree.
    All Rights Reserved.
Vocabulary
  • Topic
Help
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy policy
Mobile apps
  • Android
  • Ios
Bright
  • Home
  • Vocabulary
    • Topic
  • Writing

Free Online Dictionary

The home of living English, with more than 820,000 words, meanings and phrases
All Properties select
District 1 District 2 District 7 More

Longman Dictionary English

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Related topics: Grammar
particlepar‧ti‧cle /ˈpɑːtɪkəl $ ˈpɑːr-/ ●○○ noun [countable] 1 PIECEa very small piece of something dust particlesparticle of tiny particles of soil2 → not a particle of truth/evidence etc3 one of the very small pieces of matter that an atom consists of4 technicalSLG an adverb or preposition that can combine with a verb to form a phrasal verb
Examples from the Corpus
particle• If basic math stumps you, there might not be a future for you as a particle physicist.• The Cambridge professor's brain dances around such sub-atomic particles as leptons and anti-quarks and the possibility of infinitely curved space-time.• If a cloud forms then it will deplete the atmosphere above it of the substances of which the cloud particles are made.• As the emitted particles are absorbed by the surrounding matter, their energy of motion is transformed into heat.• Notice that this decay does not involve particles like protons.• His conclusion was that one particle might survive for every 10,000 billion that started.• Sedimenting particles in the horizontal-head centrifuge must travel the entire length of the liquid in the tube.• subatomic particles such as protons• The accelerations of these particles are determined by the forces which act upon them.particle of• tiny particles of dust in the air
Origin particle (1300-1400) Latin particula, from pars; → PART1
ldoceonline.com
Word of day

May 09, 2025

pencil
noun ˈpensl
Ad
Mobile apps

Browse our dictionary apps today and ensure you are never again lost for words.

Follow
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
Find Out More
  • Contact us
  • Privacy policy
Copyright EdictFree.Com All Rights Reserved.
Design by EdictFree
Copyright EdictFree.Com All Rights Reserved.
Design by EdictFree