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Definition of Particles
1. particle [n] - See also: particle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Particles
Literary usage of Particles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1909)
"In 1827 the English botanist Brown observed by means of a microscope that minute
particles like spores of plants introduced into a fluid were always in a ..."
2. Physical Optics by Robert Williams Wood (1914)
"OPTICAL RESONANCE Scattering of Light by Small Particles. — If a beam of light
is passed through a transparent medium containing in suspension small ..."
3. An essay concerning human understanding by John Locke (1823)
"Y0ur lordship says, (a)' That you do not say the same particles of matter, which
the sinner had at the very time of the commission of his sins, ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"While for lyophobic colloids large particles have positive surface tension, and
this only becomes zero for very small particles. ..."
5. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"The properties of soil particles and the plasticity of soils. ... The finest
particles were obtained by sedimentation in '¡de low glass cylinders by ..."
6. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"Latex could also be seen near the serosal surface of Peyer's patches from mice
of Groups D and E, often in aggregates of 15 to 25 particles. ..."
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