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particle - a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions |
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body the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted"
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virion (virology) a complete viral particle; nucleic acid and capsid (and a lipid envelope in some viruses)
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alpha particle a positively charged particle that is the nucleus of the helium atom; emitted from natural or radioactive isotopes
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beta particle a high-speed electron or positron emitted in the decay of a radioactive isotope
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boson any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle; all nuclei with an even mass number are bosons
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deuteron the nucleus of deuterium; consists of one proton and one neutron; used as a bombarding particle in accelerators
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elementary particle,
fundamental particle (physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom; regarded as constituents of all matter
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fermion any particle that obeys Fermi-Dirac statistics and is subject to the Pauli exclusion principle
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ion a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons
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magnetic monopole a hypothetical particle with a single magnetic pole instead of the usual two
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micelle an electrically charged particle built up from polymeric molecules or ions and occurring in certain colloidal electrolytic solutions like soaps and detergents
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prion (microbiology) an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid; thought to be the agent responsible for scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the nervous system
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virino (microbiology) a hypothetical infectious particle thought to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system; consists of nucleic acid in a protective coat of host cell proteins
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scintilla a sparkling glittering particle
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superstring a hypothetical particle that is the elementary particle in a theory of space-time
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thermion an electrically charged particle (electron or ion) emitted by a substance at a high temperature
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particle - a function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs |
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closed-class word,
function word a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning
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