Phrase Hound found 81 phrases and 33 compound words that contain particle. The most common are listed below. Open particle in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 81
- particle physicsThe physics of subatomic particles
- Particle size
- alpha particleA doubly positively charged nucleus of a helium-4 atom (consisting of two protons and two neutrons), emitted as a consequence of radioactivity.
- particle acceleratorA device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds, for the purpose of inducing high energy reactions or producing high energy radiation.
- elementary particleA fundamental particle; any of the subatomic particles that do not consist of other, smaller particles; the gauge bosons, leptons and quarks.
- beta particleAn energetic electron or positron produced as the result of a nuclear reaction or nuclear decay.
- particle boarda structural material manufactured from wood particles (such as chips and shavings) by pressing, and binding through resin
- particle zooAn extensive list of known and theorized elementary particles.
- virtual particlea particle that exists for a limited time and space, introducing uncertainty in their energy and momentum
- subatomic particleAny of many units of matter smaller than an atom.
- modal particleA word class that indicates the mood of an utterance.
- God particleThe Higgs boson.
- particle statisticsUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see particle, statistics.
- sentence-final particlea word class that occurs at the end of a sentence or utterance that does not carry relational meaning, but may indicate linguistic modality, register or pragmatics
- composite particleA subatomic particle that is not an elementary particle, i.e. a hadron or an atomic nucleus.
- Oh-My-God particleAn ultra-high-energy cosmic ray detected in 1991, of uncertain nature, which exceeds the GZK limit; the highest energy particle ever discovered.
- OMG ParticleAbbreviation of Oh-My-God particle: An ultra-high-energy cosmic ray detected in 1991, of uncertain nature, which exceeds the GZK limit; the highest energy particle ever discovered.
- wave-particle dualityThe concept applying to all matter and radiation, but most evident in light and particles such as the electron, that properties of waves and of particles are exhibited simultaneously
- nobiliary particleA preposition found in names, indicating nobility.
- particle verbA two-word verb, consisting of a verb and a particle (either an adverb or a preposition), that has idiomatic meaning; a phrasal verb that includes a particle rather than a preposition
- weakly interacting massive particleA hypothetical class of particle, proposed to explain the dark matter problem.
- anti-particleAlternative form of antiparticle: A subatomic particle corresponding to another particle with the same mass, spin and mean lifetime but with charge, parity, strangeness and other quantum numbers flipped in sign; a particle that has a …
- charged particleAny particle, especially a subatomic particle, that carries an electric charge.
- delta particleA hyperon of short life.
- fundamental particleAny of the subatomic particles that does not consist of other, smaller particles; the gauge bosons, leptons and quarks.
Compound words 33
- particularPertaining only to a part of something; partial.
- adparticleA cluster of atoms or molecules that is adsorbed onto the surface of a material.
- lipoviroparticleA type of virion incorporating lipoprotein
- bioparticleA particle of biological material
- cosmoparticleAny subatomic particle of cosmological origin
- ferroparticleA ferromagnetic particle.
- geoparticleDescribing the use of elementary particles in the exploration of the internal geological structure of the Earth.
- holoparticleA whole particle (typically of a lipoprotein) that is manipulated as a single entity
- immunoparticleA particle or nanoparticle designed to carry antibodies
- infraparticleAn electrically charged particle and its surrounding cloud of soft photons