particle

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

noun

1. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything (Freq. 33)
• Syn:
atom, molecule, corpuscle, mote, speck
• Derivationally related forms:
molecular (for: molecule), atomise (for: atom), atomic (for: atom)
• Hypernyms:
material, stuff
• Hyponyms:
grain, grinding, chylomicron, flyspeck, identification particle
2. a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions (Freq. 18)
• Syn:
subatomic particle
• Hypernyms:
body
• Hyponyms:
virion, alpha particle, beta particle, boson, deuteron,
elementary particle, fundamental particle, fermion, ion, magnetic monopole, micelle,
prion, virino, scintilla, superstring, thermion
3. a function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
function word, closed-class word

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  subatomic particle, atom, molecule, corpuscle, mote, speck