noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a particle of dust/a dust particle (= a small piece of dust )
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The air is full of dust particles.
a particle of dust/a dust particle (= a small piece of dust )
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The air is full of dust particles.
alpha particle
beta particle
elementary particle
particle accelerator
particle physics
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
atomic
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Like atomic particles , emotions have half-lives.
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We are continuously bombarded by cosmic rays, atomic particles ejected by distant stellar catastrophes.
different
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Matter is constructed from very different particle species and the proportions of these vary from material to material.
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We shall see how it is that different particles of the same type can not have separate identities from one another.
elementary
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However, I think that this ought to include a revision of the names of all the elementary particles .
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According to quantum theory, elementary particles do not really exist until an intelligent observer measures them.
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Quantum mechanics depicts space as a seething foam of uncertainty, with unimaginably short-lived elementary particles appearing and disappear ing.
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At any one moment, there is a definite and finite set of possible futures for elementary particles .
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So the question is: What are the truly elementary particles , the basic building blocks from which everything is made?
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The elementary particles known as protons, which live at the heart of every atom, will begin to decay.
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Research in theory and computation encompasses quantum field theories of elementary particles , neural networks and quantum chromodynamics.
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How powerful this explosion would be would depend on how many different species of elementary particles there are.
fine
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The aliquots are withdrawn from specified depths at the time intervals shown for a full analysis of the fine particle content.
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Thus the higher values on the cumulative percentage by weight plot occur in the range characterized by the finer particles .
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Size analysis of fine particles therefore presents problems, for the pre-analytical preparations may largely determine the ultimate results obtained.
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Dispersion: This is the ability of a detergent to break up a body of dirt into fine particles .
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The larger the particle phi number the finer the particle.
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Clay soils, composed of very fine particles , have a much higher affinity for water than silty soils.
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In all these ways the surface has been broken into fine particles .
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The finer the food particles , the easier it is to digest.
fundamental
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Each family contains four siblings: two fundamental particles known as quarks and two known as leptons.
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Quarks are thought to be the fundamental particles from which matter, such as protons, is built.
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The fundamental particles of which matter is made are arranged in generations.
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In the same way that matter is constituted of fundamental particles , antiparticles are the building blocks of antimatter.
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It is doubtless true that at bottom the behaviour of a motor car is to be explained in terms of interactions between fundamental particles .
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The boundaries of physics constantly change as new discoveries are made, e.g. the discovery of new fundamental particles .
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Their layered form increases the photocell's efficiency in capturing photons, the fundamental particles of which light is made.
individual
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In the first frame, individual dark particles of the sandwich show clearly in the fundus and body.
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But I tell you that it is a doubling in the energy of each individual photon-each particle of light-that is emitted.
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However, the theory gives no insight into how we are to understand the behaviour of individual particles .
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It is not concerned with the motions, forces and interactions of individual particles .
large
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Ore from underground is crushed and ground to remove the larger particles .
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Many larger particles are also formed.
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Use a toothpick after meals to remove large food particles that may have become lodged.
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The strongest currents should define the largest stable particle size.
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Quarks bind together to make up larger particles such as the protons and neutrons found in the atomic nucleus.
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The study of the energy relationships and the statistical behaviour of large groups of particles is called statistical thermodynamics.
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First, we can not solve the equations for the very large number of particles involved.
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The larger the particle phi number the finer the particle.
minute
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The minute particles in the rock have been flattened with the result that the slate splits easily into thin sheets.
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Homogenized milk has been mechanically treated to break fat globules into minute particles and disperse them throughout the milk.
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The seed contains all the parts of the body - flesh, bone and so on - in minute particles .
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When the pools dry, the rotifers turn into minute particles of dust, wrinkled and desiccated, awaiting the next rainfall.
other
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The finings attract yeast and other particles and begin to drag them to the bottom of the tank.
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The bubbles condense into droplets which attach to salt crystals and other particles in the atmosphere and eventually form clouds.
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There are three generations of neutrino just as there are of every other particle .
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It was expected that a similar equation would govern the proton, the only other supposedly elementary particle known at that time.
single
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We have learnt that, according to quantum mechanics, even a single particle must behave like a wave all by itself.
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Let us try to think of a single quantum particle .
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The formalism of quantum mechanics makes no distinction, in this respect, between single particles and complicated systems of many particles.
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Thus, the trick is not even to try even in the case of the phase space for a single particle .
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An infinite-dimensional Hilbert space arises even in the simple situation of the location of a single particle .
small
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On this argument the graptolites should have been bottom dwelling-colonial organisms, living by filtering small particles of food from the water.
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Achieving efficient liberation of the smallest grains requires crushing them to a very small particle size.
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The coral skeleton is ground into small particles , but can not be digested.
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Furthermore the smaller particle size would reduce the collisions with the heater banks and reduce the slagging.
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Live food is the best diet for them although fresh or frozen meaty foods of small particle size can be substituted.
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Simplesse is composed of small protein particles that mimic the texture of fat.
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Even the smallest particles of diamond are revealed by their brilliant green emission.
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May these, as we go to still higher energies, in turn be found to be made from still smaller particles ?
subatomic
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It investigates phenomena which range in size from subatomic particles to the universe itself.
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The quantum level is the level of molecules, atoms, subatomic particles , etc.
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To take a simple example, the important subatomic particle called the electron has a negative electrical charge.
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The B mesons can now be assured of a place in the tables of known subatomic particles .
tiny
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Into scrapie-affected cells they introduced tiny gold particles tethered to a protein that sticks to working ubiquitin.
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With the tunnel open, you notice thousands of tiny particles surging through the breach.
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They feed by collecting tiny particles from the water.
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When you cough or sneeze, you propel some tiny particles into the air.
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Those tiny events and particles mould the Universe as a whole.
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Mixed in with the global iridium-bearing clay layer are tiny particles of heavily shocked quartz.
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When lava solidifies, its tiny ferrous particles align themselves, like magnetic needles, with the earth's magnetic field.
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It is well known from many experiments that electrons are tiny , indivisible particles .
virtual
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The virtual particle can interact with the magnetic field and affect the moment of the muon.
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Again, the photons that are exchanged are virtual particles .
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The suggestion is that the whole of the Universe is filled with virtual particles .
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Experiments have shown that these virtual particles are indeed present, although we can not detect them directly.
■ NOUN
accelerator
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We shall not bridge that gap with particle accelerators in the foreseeable future!
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It has come from experiments with high-energy muon neutrino beams at particle accelerators , and from lower-energy neutrinos at two nuclear reactors.
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There are no antiprotons or antineutrons, made up from antiquarks, except for a few that physicists produce in large particle accelerators .
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The radiation is a by-product of particle accelerators use in high-energy physics.
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As a consequence, only laboratories with immediate access to particle accelerators can carry out this sort of work.
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A particle accelerator can cost up to f500,000.
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If you really want to be devious, you could spend the money on a particle accelerator .
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For many years now builders of particle accelerators have also studied particle beams.
alpha
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The radiation emitted by these isotopes consists of alpha particles , beta particles, and gamma rays.
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Helium is also made by radioactive decay of uranium and thorium, both of which decay by emission of alpha particles .
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Fresh soil samples, taken recently in the presence of journalists, are currently being investigated for gamma rays and alpha particles .
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The helium atom without its electrons is known as an alpha particle , and is therefore positively charged.
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Radium is readily absorbed into the body where it concentrates in the bone marrow and gives off very damaging alpha particles .
clay
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When clay particles are in a random arrangement the clay is more likely to crack or warp.
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RNA-like molecules, because of their negatively charged backbones, would tend to coat the outsides of clay particles .
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A layer of clay particles placed under the gravel layer is beneficial.
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Otherwise a layer of clay particles under the usual fine gravel will suffice.
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Peat and clay particles and a layer of gravel is suitable.
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Rainsplash washes elements downslope and reduces infiltration capacity by dispersing clay particles into the large interstices of the soil.
dust
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It was a broken hulk, millennia of dust particles covering the displays and floors.
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I could see the tiny dust particles in front of my eyes.
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It occurs when dust particles high in the atmosphere filter out most of the longer wavelengths of red light.
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She also seemed very sensitive to the sunlight and the dust particles streaming into my office.
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The bomb blast fractured the ventilating system and spewed dust particles along the system throughout the hospital.
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About 30% of the Sun's energy hitting the Earth is reflected back into space by dust particles and cloud.
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The dust particles might be better at catching the wind, like fluff on a willow seed.
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Swirling dust particles caused him to sneeze and he looked down at the old books and papers with watery eyes.
food
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Use a toothpick after meals to remove large food particles that may have become lodged.
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Deglaze pan with wine, stirring with a wooden spoon to loosen food particles .
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As food particles are swept by, they are caught by the tentacles and passed by them down to the mouth.
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If necessary, wash it gently in some warm soapy water to remove dirt and food particles . 2.
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The finer the food particles , the easier it is to digest.
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After cooking, wash in warm, soapy water; soak in suds for longer periods to remove dried food particles .
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The more stubborn food particles can be removed by gentle scrubbing with wire wool.
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Some became active burrowers, tunnelling through the mud in search of food particles .
matter
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What happens is that a matter particle , such as an electron or a quark, emits a force-carrying particle.
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The recoil from this emission changes the velocity of the matter particle .
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The force-carrying particle then collides with another matter particle and is absorbed.
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This collision changes the velocity of the second particle , just as if there had been a force between the two matter particles.
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So for a sufficiently large number of matter particles , gravitational forces can dominate over all other forces.
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The uncertainty principle also predicts that there will be similar virtual pairs of matter particles , such as electrons or quarks.
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The matter particles obey what is called Pauli's exclusion principle.
physicist
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Rather than see this as a problem, the particle physicists see it as an opportunity.
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If basic math stumps you, there might not be a future for you as a particle physicist .
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It is this state that fascinates particle physicists .
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This dark matter is of special interest to the particle physicists .
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Not being a particle physicist , I shall leave the complete renaming process to people who are better qualified.
physics
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The particle physics is cutting-edge.
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The explanations were so arcane I would have made more headway with a textbook on particle physics .
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Recent developments in particle physics suggest that every nucleon may itself have a nucleus.
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New textbooks on nuclear and particle physics are thin on the ground.
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Such calculations also provide an insight into particle physics .
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Members of three such generations have been discovered; until recently there was no evidence from particle physics to rule out more.
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But the model isn't from magic but particle physics .
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In an attempt to get data from this natural laboratory, particle physics has become ever more entwined with cosmology.
size
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The focus of the book is entirely on the question of aerosol particle size analysis.
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Achieving efficient liberation of the smallest grains requires crushing them to a very small particle size .
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From the combined results Thomas's group estimated an average particle size of 100 for the copper metal aggregates.
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Furthermore the smaller particle size would reduce the collisions with the heater banks and reduce the slagging.
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The strongest currents should define the largest stable particle size .
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Hence, the particle size in samples and standards must be comparable.
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Total calibration against the full range of particle size combinations and particle shapes is impracticable.
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This corresponds to the fineness of face powder or an average particle size of about $ 0 microns.
virus
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When the blisters burst, they release virus particles that infect healthy animals.
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Before a virus particle is prepared for the electron microscope it must be made static.
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Virion: synonym for virus particle .
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For every virus particle cleared, however, at least one new one replaces it.
■ VERB
charge
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The parity-violation experiments, however, do not prove the existence of the charged W particles .
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Finally there is quantum electrodynamics, which is the quantum field theory of light and charged particles .
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The charged particles produced by flares can disrupt communications and present hazards to spacecraft and astronauts.
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Remember that we are considering a charged particle .
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Electrons, being charged particles , interact readily with electromagnetic radiation.
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Some think the diet changes the rate at which electrically charged particles called ions cross the lipid membranes of nerve cells.
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Neutral atoms enter this cloud rather than Io's torus because they are not influenced by magnetic forces whereas charged particles are.
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The principle of accelerating charged particles in such a manner is already well established on Earth.
contain
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However, if the solvent contains dissolved solute particles the escape of the solvent particles from the surface is hindered.
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It contains tiny soot particles linked to several health problems.
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Fine clays, which have greatest green strength, also shrink more than clays containing coarser particles .
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All three canals and the sac have very sensitive linings and contain small limy particles which move and vibrate.
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Dust is abrasive and may contain metallic particles .
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There can be baby universes that contain only a few particles .
emit
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What happens is that a matter particle , such as an electron or a quark, emits a force-carrying particle.
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As the emitted particles are absorbed by the surrounding matter, their energy of motion is transformed into heat.
produce
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One of the quarks and one of the antiquarks meet and, in a process called annihilation, produce a W particle .
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There are no antiprotons or antineutrons, made up from antiquarks, except for a few that physicists produce in large particle accelerators.
remove
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Ore from underground is crushed and ground to remove the larger particles .
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He pressed his thumb against the wall and removed a dry particle of reptile spine from its cool surface.
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Use a toothpick after meals to remove large food particles that may have become lodged.
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Air purifiers actually remove odours and particles from the air through a series of filters.
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If necessary, wash it gently in some warm soapy water to remove dirt and food particles . 2.
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After cooking, wash in warm, soapy water; soak in suds for longer periods to remove dried food particles .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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subatomic particles such as protons
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As the emitted particles are absorbed by the surrounding matter, their energy of motion is transformed into heat.
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His conclusion was that one particle might survive for every 10,000 billion that started.
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If a cloud forms then it will deplete the atmosphere above it of the substances of which the cloud particles are made.
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If basic math stumps you, there might not be a future for you as a particle physicist.
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Notice that this decay does not involve particles like protons.
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Sedimenting particles in the horizontal-head centrifuge must travel the entire length of the liquid in the tube.
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The accelerations of these particles are determined by the forces which act upon them.
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The Cambridge professor's brain dances around such sub-atomic particles as leptons and anti-quarks and the possibility of infinitely curved space-time.