particle

noun
[L21351]

Compounds

In compounds

Forms

  • plural : particles
  • singular : particle

Senses

  • small localized object in physical sciences
  • ecological term for small amount of any substance that travels easily throughout the ecosystem

Examples (not attached to a Sense)

    1988: “Every particle in the universe,” continued Dirk, warming to his subject and beginning to stare a bit, “affects every other particle, however faintly or obliquely.”
    [The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul]