| Particle (particle) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Par"ti*cle |
| [L. particula,
dim of pars, gen partis, a part: cf. F.
particule. See Part, and cf. Parcel.] |
A minute part or portion of matter; a morsel;
a little bit; an atom; a jot; as, a particle of sand, of wood,
of dust.
Any very small portion or part; the
smallest portion; as, he has not a particle of patriotism or
virtue.
A
crumb or little piece of concecrated host.
A subordinate word that is
never inflected (a preposition, conjunction, interjection); or a word
that can not be used except in compositions; as, ward in
backward, ly in lovely.
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