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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

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particle [′pärd·ə·kəl]

(mechanics)

material particle

(particle physics)

elementary particle

(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).