Particle

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Template:Wiktionary A particle may refer to:

In common use, a small to insignificant amount
Elementary particle, in particle physics, a particle of which larger particles are composed (see also list of particles)
Molecule, atom, electron, photon, in chemistry
Particle displacement, in wave physics, a measurement of distance of the movement of a particle in a medium as it transmits a wave
Sound particle velocity, in acoustics, the velocity of a particle a medium as it transmits a wave
Colloidal particle in colloid chemistry, a one-phase system of two or more components
particle (ecology), a term for small objects
grammatical particle, in linguistics, a useful catch-all lacking a strict definition
particle system, in computer graphics, a technique to simulate certain fuzzy phenomena. see also simulation)
Particle (band), a 2000 jam band from Los Angeles, California