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particle

[pahr-ti-kuhl] / ˈpɑr tɪ kəl /


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Despite major advances in nuclear physics since the 1930s and decades of work with particle accelerators, scientists have not been able to conclusively confirm the effect.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

The Canadian goods that could face new 50% duties include milk, cream and whey, as well as hockey equipment, liquor and wood products like particle board.

From MarketWatch Aug. 17, 2026

New 50% import taxes could hit liquor, hockey gear and wood products like particle board.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

This technique transformed individual particle distributions into continuous energy, momentum, and velocity fields, allowing the team to examine the plasma as an evolving fluid.

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 2026

The concept of uncertainty pertains to scientists’ ability to describe the properties of a particle.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Theory predicts that when a vacuum is exposed to an extraordinarily strong magnetic field, Heisenberg's virtual particles can affect how light travels, producing vacuum birefringence, or VB.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

Many long-distance high-altitude flights from Paris would have taken her near the North Pole, where exposure to radiation from space – strictly speaking particles from the sun and other stars – is the most intense.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

This high-temperature firing process works somewhat like baking clay in a kiln, causing the zirconia particles to fuse together and form a dense, hardened material.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

Instead, they measure the particles that emerge immediately afterward and study how those particles move.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

When she was done grinding the unusual ingredient, she spooned its fine white particles into a miniature sieve and dusted the top of four freshly baked pies with it.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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