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particle 1. Physics a body with finite mass that can be treated as having negligible size, and internal structure 2. See elementary particle 3. RC Church a small piece broken off from the Host at Mass particle [′pärd·ə·kəl] (mechanics) (particle physics) (physics) Any very small part of matter, such as a molecule, atom, or electron. Also known as fundamental particle. Any relatively small subdivision of matter, ranging in diameter from a few angstroms (as with gas molecules) to a few millimeters (as with large raindrops). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Result: Each atom's center, or nucleus, splits and releases smaller, subatomic particles. Most onlookers reckoned that the pictures decorating the 1975 Dodge Tradesman Maxivan were some sort of Native American designs, Michelle Feynman recalls, not the innovative depictions of subatomic particles that had helped her father win a share of the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics. Quantum cryptography depends on a defining discovery in physics: that subatomic particles can exist in multiple states at once until something interacts with them. |
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