particle
/ˈpɑrtɪkəl/
noun
- A very small piece or amount of something.
- Scientists study the smallest particles of matter, like atoms and electrons.
- There wasn't a single particle of evidence to support his claim.
- A tiny particle of dust floated in the sunlight.
- In grammar, a short word that does not change form and often has a grammatical function, such as 'up' in 'give up' or 'to' in 'to go.'
- In the phrasal verb 'turn off,' the word 'off' is a particle.
- Some particles, like 'not,' help form negative sentences.
- The infinitive marker 'to' is a grammatical particle.
- In physics, a tiny piece of matter or energy, such as an electron, proton, or photon.
- The Large Hadron Collider smashes particles together at high speeds.
- Physicists discovered a new subatomic particle in the experiment.
- Light behaves both as a wave and as a particle called a photon.