Particle

(par'te-kl.) [From L. particula, a small part.] (Phys.) One of those minute atoms or portions of a body, the aggregation of which constitutes the whole ma or substance.-(Gram.) A part of speech which is capable of any inflection; as the preposition, conjunction, . The term is, however, more accurately applied to those minor words which impart perspicuity and precision to a sentence, but respecting whose exact use grammarians are not agreed. Thus, in English, now, then, truly, . It is also used to indicate those words which are termed enclitics, and which cannot be used separately, but must be joined with another word; as the Eng. soever in whatsoever, the Lat. que in virumque, . [s. 687]