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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
- 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
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