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particle

[pahr-ti-kuhl] / ˈpɑr tɪ kəl /


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Researchers did not detect certain common plastics, such as polyethylene or polypropylene, in the smallest particle range.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

TAE creates something like a smoke ring of plasma and aims high-powered neutral particle beams at it to heat and stabilize it, spinning the plasma, like keeping a toy top in motion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

This process can be compared to a relay, where energy is passed from one particle to another.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

Several of the chapters, about particle accelerators and fusion reactors, take readers on cursory tours of facilities that have at best a tangential connection to space.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

“Point 17K states you must make the energetic particle radiation density buffer bypass the aft tactical resonance coil,” Klawde said.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth