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- pronunciation:
- par
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
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| definition 1: |
a minute quantity or piece; speck; trace.
- synonyms:
- atom, grain, granule, iota, molecule, mote, shred, speck, trace, whit
- similar words:
- bit, crumb, dab, fragment, hint, jot, mite, modicum, morsel, part, piece, scintilla, scrap, shadow, shard, sliver, smidgen, tinge
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| definition 2: |
in physics, one of various extremely small constituents of matter.
- similar words:
- electron, neutron, proton, quark
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infinitesimal |
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