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Definitions of particle:

part of speech: noun

One of the minutest parts or atoms into which matter can be mechanically divided; a very small portion or part; the component parts or granules of all solid substances; in gram., a word unvaried by inflection; a small connecting word.

part of speech: noun

A very small piece; a bit; as, a particle of dust: in grammar, a word not used alone, as a conjunction or a preposition.

Usage examples for particle:

• That lady's placid face had not changed a particle "The Madigans", Miriam Michelson

• This did not trouble him, for Dick, to his credit be it said, was very free from jealousy, and had not a particle of envy in his composition. "Frank's Campaign or the Farm and the Camp", Horatio Alger, Jr.

• It don't hurt me a particle and allows the strongest men to pull away with all their might. "The Spiritualists and the Detectives", Allan Pinkerton

• She loved him, was jealous of every particle of him that evaded her. "The Trespasser", D.H. Lawrence