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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speck |
| Synonyms: | atom, bit, crumb, dot, fleck, fragment, grain, iota, particle, small thing, smidgen, speckle, tiny bit, trace |
| Main Entry: | dot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny mark, drop |
| Synonyms: | atom, circle, dab, droplet, fleck, flyspeck, grain, iota, jot, mite, mote, particle, period, pinpoint, point, speck, spot, tittle |
| Main Entry: | fleck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spot, pinpoint mark |
| Synonyms: | bit, dot, mite, mote, patch, pinpoint, speck, speckle, stipple, streak, stripe |
| Main Entry: | grain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seed, piece |
| Synonyms: | atom, bit, cereal, corn, crumb, drop, fragment, granule, grist, iota, jot, kernel, mite, modicum, molecule, morsel, mote, ounce, particle, pellet, scintilla, scrap, scruple, smidgen, spark, speck, tittle, trace, whit |
| Main Entry: | molecule |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smallest part |
| Synonyms: | bit, fragment, iota, jot, minim, mite, modicum, mote, ounce, particle, ray, speck, unit |
| Notes: | atom comes from Greek atomos 'uncut, indivisible' - based on a- 'not' and temneir 'to cut' and it is the smallest unit of matter that retains the characteristics of an element; a molecule is the smallest unit of matter that retains the characteristics of a compound |
| Main Entry: | particle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | atom, piece |
| Synonyms: | bit, crumb, dot, dribble, drop, fleck, fragment, grain, hoot, iota, jot, minim, mite, modicum, molecule, morsel, mote, ounce, ray, scrap, scruple, seed, shred, smidgen, smithereen, speck, spot, stitch, whit |
| Main Entry: | point |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speck |
| Synonyms: | bit, count, dot, fleck, flyspeck, full stop, iota, mark, minim, mite, mote, notch, particle, period, scrap, stop, tittle, trace |
| Notes: | the stylus, or point, of a record player is held by the cartridge; the base of the turntable is called the deck |
| Main Entry: | speck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny bit |
| Synonyms: | atom, blemish, blot, crumb, defect, dot, fault, flaw, fleck, flyspeck, grain, iota, jot, mark, mite, modicum, molecule, mote, particle, point, shred, smidgen, speckle, splotch, spot, stain, trace, whit |
| Antonyms: | lot |
| Main Entry: | spot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mark, stain |
| Synonyms: | atom, blemish, blot, blotch, daub, discoloration, dollop, dram, drop, flaw, iota, jot, little bit, mite, molecule, mote, nip, particle, pimple, pinch, shot, smidgen, smudge, snort, speck, taint, whit |
| Antonyms: | plainness |
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