What are particles?(microscopic)?

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What are particles?(microscopic)?

Answer 1

In physics:

    * Subatomic particle, which may be either:

          o Elementary particle, a particle of which larger particles are composed, also called a fundamental particle

          o Composite particle, a bound state between several elementary particles

          o Point particle, an idealized particle that does not have any volume

    * See also list of particles

Answer 2

A particle can be many things and can mean very specific things in both chemistry and physics. How it is used colloquially, however, is just a really small bit of stuff. Ya, really vague, I know, but thats kind of it. Sometimes it can be something microscopic, some times its like a little dust particle.

For the most part, I suppose, it refers to things microscopic. Do you have context for this query?