particle of matter (noun)
21elementary particle — /ˌɛləmɛntri ˈpatɪkəl/ (say .eluhmentree pahtikuhl) noun any of a class of entities which are thought to be the indivisible units of which all matter is composed; fundamental particle; ultimate particle …
22delta ray — noun an electron ejected from matter by ionizing radiation • Hypernyms: ↑electron, ↑negatron * * * noun : an electron ejected by an ionizing particle (as an alpha particle) in its passage through matter * * * Physics. a low energy electron… …
23Classifier (linguistics) — A classifier, in linguistics, sometimes called a measure word, is a word or morpheme used in some languages to classify the referent of a countable noun according to its meaning. In languages that have classifiers, they are often used when the… …
24Preposition and postposition — Prepositions (or more generally, adpositions, see below) are a grammatically distinct class of words whose most central members characteristically express spatial relations (such as the English words in, under, toward) or serve to mark various… …
25Verb — This article is about the part of speech. For the physical activity program, see VERB (program). For English usage of verbs, see English verbs. Verbs redirects here. For the Christian gospel rapper, see Verbs (rapper). Examples I washed the car… …
26Compound verb — In linguistics, a compound verb or complex predicate is a multi word compound that acts as a single verb. One component of the compound is a light verb or vector, which carries any inflections, indicating tense, mood, or aspect, but provides only …
27Dummy pronoun — A dummy pronoun (formally: expletive pronoun or pleonastic pronoun) is a type of pronoun used in non pro drop languages, such as English. It is used when a particular verb argument (or preposition) is nonexistent (it could also be unknown,… …
28corpuscle — /ˈkɔpʌsəl/ (say kawpusuhl), /ˈkɔpəsəl / (say kawpuhsuhl) noun 1. Physiology one of the minute bodies which form a constituent of the blood (blood corpuscles, both red and white), the lymph (lymph corpuscles, white only), etc. 2. a minute body… …
29atom — /ˈætəm / (say atuhm) noun 1. Physical Chemistry the smallest part of an element that can take part in a chemical reaction, composed of protons, neutrons, and electrons, whose number determine the element. 2. Obsolete a hypothetical particle of… …
30phagocytosis — /fægəsaɪˈtoʊsəs/ (say faguhsuy tohsuhs) noun the ingestion of particle like matter by cells, in contrast to the entrance of dissolved substance. {New Latin. See phagocyte, osis} …
