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# particle

noun (a particle, particles)

«particle» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A particle is a very small piece or bit of something: dust particles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particle/#m1)
2. In science, particles are the tiny bits that all matter is made of, such as atoms and molecules. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particle/#m2)
3. In grammar, a particle is a small word like «up» in «give up» or «to» in «to go». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particle/#m3)
4. A particle can also mean any single thing or item, however small, as in every created particle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particle/#m4)

### In the lessons

In science the particle model explains solids, liquids and gases: in a solid the particles are packed tightly and vibrate in place; in a liquid they are close but slide past each other; in a gas they are far apart and move fast. When you heat something, its particles move faster. Air pollution and smoke contain particles that are harmful to breathe. Phrases: tiny particles, dust particles, particle of truth.

### Examples

- Everything is made of tiny particles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particle/#x1)
- In a solid, the particles are packed close together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particle/#x2)
- Particles in a gas move fast and spread out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particle/#x3)
- When ice melts, its particles start to slide around. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particle/#x4)
- Sunlight shows dust particles floating in the air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particle/#x5)
- Smoke has tiny particles that are bad for your lungs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particle/#x6)
- There wasn't a particle of truth in his story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particle/#x7)
- Heating water makes its particles move faster. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particle/#x8)
- One must find out the truth concerning every created particle, and keep to that." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particle/#x9)

### Note

Countable: particles. Particles are far too small to see, even with an ordinary microscope; a dust particle you can see is made of billions of them. Myth: particles in a solid are not completely still; they vibrate.

## In Jewish tradition

In science the particle model explains solids, liquids and gases: in a solid the particles are packed tightly and vibrate in place; in a liquid they are close but slide past each other; in a gas they are far apart and move fast. When you heat something, its particles move faster. Air pollution and smoke contain particles that are harmful to breathe. Phrases: tiny particles, dust particles, particle of truth.

### Examples

- It is a particle like כּ, as; it is added the word מִין kind, denoting: as a kind of, like, as. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/particle/#x1)

### Note

Countable: particles. Particles are far too small to see, even with an ordinary microscope; a dust particle you can see is made of billions of them. Myth: particles in a solid are not completely still; they vibrate.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «particle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«particle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/particle.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «particle» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/particle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«particle» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/particle.html) on Mova free.