particle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
Types & categories
- material hypernym
- grain hyponym
- grinding hyponym
- chylomicron hyponym
- flyspeck hyponym
- identification particle hyponym
Related & opposite
- atomize derivation
- atomic derivation
- moleculara derivation
Sense 2 noun
a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions
Types & categories
- body hypernym
- virion hyponym
- alpha particle hyponym
- beta particle hyponym
- boson hyponym
- deuteron hyponym
- elementary particle hyponym
- fermion hyponym
- ion hyponym
- magnetic monopole hyponym
- micelle hyponym
- prion hyponym
- virino hyponym
- scintilla hyponym
- superstring hyponym
- thermion hyponym
Sense 3 noun
a function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs
Types & categories
- function word hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | atomize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | atomic |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | moleculara |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | material |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | grain |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | grinding |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chylomicron |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | flyspeck |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | identification particle |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | body |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | virion |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | alpha particle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | beta particle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | boson |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | deuteron |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | elementary particle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fermion |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ion |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | magnetic monopole |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | micelle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | prion |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | virino |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | scintilla |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | superstring |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | thermion |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | function word |