particle

«particle» in Mova's school dictionary: a very small piece or bit of something: dust particles — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a particle, particles)

meaning for a pupil

1) A particle is a very small piece or bit of something: dust particles. tree →

2) In science, particles are the tiny bits that all matter is made of, such as atoms and molecules. tree →

3) In grammar, a particle is a small word like «up» in «give up» or «to» in «to go». tree →

4) A particle can also mean any single thing or item, however small, as in every created particle. tree →

sense 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 →
• In a solid, the particles are packed close together. tree →
• Particles in a gas move fast and spread out. tree →
• When ice melts, its particles start to slide around. tree →
• Sunlight shows dust particles floating in the air. tree →
• Smoke has tiny particles that are bad for your lungs. tree →
• There wasn't a particle of truth in his story. tree →
• Heating water makes its particles move faster. tree →
• One must find out the truth concerning every created particle, and keep to that." tree →

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 the corpora

• Everything around us is made of tiny particles called atoms.
• Particles in air and water are always moving and bumping, so smells and colours spread out on their own.
• Particles move faster when they are warmer, so things spread faster in heat and slower in cold.
• Most things around us are solids, liquids or gases, and the difference is how their particles behave.
• In a solid like a wooden block the particles are locked in place and only wobble, so it keeps its shape.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «particle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.