Particle: Difference between revisions

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An aggregation of sufficiently many atoms or molecules that it can be assigned macroscopic properties such as volume, density, pressure, and temperature.

But sometimes by particle, without qualification, is meant a subatomic particle such as the proton or neutron (which themselves are composed of other "elementary particles") or the electron.
See also particles.

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-<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">An aggregation of sufficiently many atoms or molecules that it can be assigned macroscopic  properties such as volume, [[density]], [[pressure]], and [[temperature]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">But sometimes by particle, without qualification, is meant a [[subatomic particle]] such as the  [[proton]] or [[neutron]] (which themselves are composed of other &ldquo;elementary particles&rdquo;) or the [[electron]].  <br/>''See also'' [[particles]].</div><br/> </div>
+<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">An aggregation of sufficiently many atoms or molecules that it can be assigned macroscopic  properties such as volume, [[density]], [[pressure]], and [[temperature]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">But sometimes by particle, without qualification, is meant a [[subatomic particle]] such as the  [[proton]] or [[neutron]] (which themselves are composed of other "elementary particles") or the [[electron]].  <br/>''See also'' [[particles]].</div><br/> </div>
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