Particle (disambiguation)

A particle in the physical sciences is a small localized object to which physical properties can be ascribed. Particle may also refer to: == Science == Particle (ecology), in marine and freshwater ecology, a small object Colloidal particle, part of a one-phase system of two or more components where the particles are not individually visible Particle, the solid or liquid particles in an aerosol Granular material Particulates, in the areas of atmospheric physics and air pollution Nanoparticle, an object between 1 and 100 nanometers that behaves as a whole Point particle, or point mass, an idealization of an object with finite mass but of zero size A particle of a medium in continuum mechanics, meaning an infinitesimal portion of it.

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