Synonyms for particles

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pahr-ti-kuhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɑr tɪ kəl

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Définition 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

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