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Besides its common definition, '''particle''' may refer to:
'''In chemistry''':
* [[Colloid|Colloidal particle]], part of a one-phase system of two or more components
'''In physics''':
* [[Subatomic particle]], which may be either:
**[[Elementary particle]], a particle of which larger particles are composed, also called a ''fundamental particle''
**[[Composite particle]], a bound state between several elementary particles
**[[Point particle]], an idealized particle that does not have any volume
*''See also [[list of particles]]''
'''In other contexts''':
* [[Particle (ecology)]], in marine and freshwater ecology, a small object
* [[Particulate matter]], in the areas of atmospheric physics and air pollution
* [[Nanoparticle|Particle (nanotechnology)]], a small object that behaves as a whole unit in terms of its transport and properties
* [[Grammatical particle]], in linguistics, a useful catch-all lacking a strict definition
* [[Particle system]], in computer graphics, a technique to simulate certain fuzzy phenomena
* [[Particle (band)]], a 2000 jam band from Los Angeles, California
== See also ==
* [[Granular material]]
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