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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 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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A physical law does not say "A will be followed by B," but tells us what acceleration a particle will have under given circumstances, i. As I gazed at it on that far-gone night it seemed to call across the unthinkable void, to lure me to it, to draw me as the lodestone attracts a particle of iron. The next day sat Zarathustra again on the stone in front of his cave, whilst his animals roved about in the world outside to bring home new food,--also new honey: for Zarathustra had spent and wasted the old honey to the very last particle. |
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