particle
- noun
- /ˈpɑrtɪkəl/
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- In the particle system, each particle represents a tiny element contributing to the visual effects.
- particle size
- particle number
- particles flow
It was better on the PlayStation because the fog, you're like, updated graphics, which got rid of the particles.
- It was better on the PlayStation because the fog, you're like, updated graphics, which got rid of the particles.
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Thus, the flow of the crowd in the scene is given by particle trajectories.
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And this is supposed to be a computer generated model for it where these are the particles and they start to collect.
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And every day, at least a billion particles of natural radiation enter our bodies.
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And you're getting so much more out of those particle effects rendered in real time then you would.
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When these hit the near-freezing water of the deep ocean, they form billions of tiny black particles that look like smoke.
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The algorithm itself starts with particle advection, followed by computation of the forces.
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ILM used software for fluid particle motion that had been developed for Twister.
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Presently, there are about 50 particle-board mills and another 20 MDF plants in the United States.
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The Higgs supposedly helps to endow many other particles in nature with the mass they possess.
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Experiments with vertically oscillating thin layers of granular particles show robust pattern formation.
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Compounds
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A very small part of matter smaller than an atom, like a proton or electron
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A machine that makes tiny charged particles move faster for science or medicine
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The science that studies very small parts of matter and how they interact
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A narrow, focused stream of tiny particles like electrons used in science and medicine
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A very small part of matter that you cannot break into smaller pieces, like an electron or quark
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A small positively charged part of an atom with two protons and two neutrons released in radioactive decay
A board made from small wood pieces glued and pressed for furniture and building
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A fast, tiny particle like an electron that a radioactive atom gives off
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A very small part of matter not made of smaller parts like an electron or quark
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A machine that finds and shows very small particles inside atoms in physics experiments
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A physics idea that light and matter act like waves and particles when you look at them
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A neutral particle made of three quarks that appears in particle physics
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A tiny piece of matter as heavy as or heavier than a proton that feels the strong force
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A very small particle added to a product to show where it came from
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A tiny particle smaller than an atom that breaks into other particles after high-energy collisions
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A heavy neutral meson made of a quark and an antiquark seen in physics experiments
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A heavy, short-lived tiny part of matter like an electron but much heavier
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A tiny particle with a positive charge like an electron but much heavier
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Very small bits of dirty matter in the air that come from smoke and engines and can harm people's health
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A very small particle that forms in fast collisions and decays more slowly
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A heavy particle that hardly interacts with normal matter and may make up dark matter in space
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Etymology
Particle comes from the Latin particula, which means 'small part' and is the same root as part. In computer graphics a particle is a tiny 'piece' used in large numbers to make effects like smoke, fire, or sparks.