<B>particular, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>considered apart from others; taken separately; single. <BR> <I>Ex. That particular chair is already sold.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>belonging to some one person, thing, group, or occasion. <BR> <I>Ex. His particular task is to care for the dog. A particular characteristic of a skunk is its smell.</I> (SYN) individual, distinctive. <DD><B> 3. </B>different from others; unusual; special. <BR> <I>Ex. This vacation was of particular importance to her, for she was going to Europe. He is a particular friend of mine.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>hard to please; wanting everything to be just right; very careful; exact. <BR> <I>Ex. She is very particular; nothing but the best will do.</I> (SYN) precise, exacting, fastidious. <DD><B> 5. </B>giving details; full of details. <BR> <I>Ex. a particular account of the game.</I> (SYN) detailed, minute. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Law.) <DD><B> a. </B>having to do with an estate granted to one person for a number of years or for life but ultimately to be the property of someone else. <DD><B> b. </B>having to do with the tenant of such an estate. <DD><B> 7. </B>(Logic.) not referring to the whole extent of a class, but only to some individual or individuals in it; not general. <BR> <I>Ex. a particular proposition.</I> <DD><B> 8. </B>(Obsolete.) private; personal. <BR> <I>Ex. These domestic and particular broils (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>an individual part; item; point. <BR> <I>Ex. All the particulars of the accident are now known. The work is complete in every particular.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Logic.) <DD><B> a. </B>an individual thing in relation to or contrast to the whole class. <DD><B> b. </B>a particular proposition. <BR><I>expr. <B>in particular,</B> </I>especially. <BR> <I>Ex. We strolled around, not going anywhere in particular.</I> </DL>
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<B>particularism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>exclusive attention or devotion to one's particular party, sect, nation, or other group. <BR> <I>Ex. Patriotism and the sense of political unity are not at the root of local particularism, they merely grow out of it and crown it (Atlantic).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the principle of letting each state of a federation keep its own laws and promote its own interests. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Theology.) the doctrine, especially in Calvinism, that only those who have been individually predestined to it may achieve salvation. </DL>
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<B>particularist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an advocate or adherent of particularism. </DL>
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<B>particularistic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with, characterized by, or upholding particularism. <BR> <I>Ex. Boas and his school do not so much refute evolution as avoid it in favor of particularistic historical researches (Beals and Hoijer).</I> </DL>
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<B>particularity, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>detailed quality; minuteness. <BR> <I>Ex. [The characters in the play] are not given that kind of particularity or interior life (Arthur Miller).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>special carefulness. <DD><B> 3. </B>attentiveness to details. <BR> <I>Ex. She had from time to time remarked the Chichester, but never with any particularity (Arnold Bennett).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a particular feature or trait. <BR> <I>Ex. He had a great many other particularities in his character which I will not mention (Henry Fielding).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>the quality of being hard to please. <DD><B> 6. </B>the quality or fact of being particular. <DD><B> 7. </B>(Obsolete.) a detail. </DL>
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<B>particularization, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of particularizing. </DL>
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<B>particularize, </B>verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to mention particularly or individually; treat in detail; specify. <BR> <I>Ex. In his family portraits ... the autobiography becomes particularized and memorable (Harper's).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to mention individuals; give details. <BR> <I>Ex. Stans is more analyst than stylist: "Let me particularize," he is fond of saying (Time).</I> noun <B>particularizer.</B> </DL>
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<B>particularly, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>in a high degree; especially. <BR> <I>Ex. The teacher praised her particularly. I am particularly fond of her.</I> (SYN) principally, mainly. <DD><B> 2. </B>in a particular manner. <BR> <I>Ex. The teacher particularly mentioned each assignment.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>in detail; in all of its parts; minutely. <BR> <I>Ex. The inspector examined the machine particularly.</I> </DL>
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<B>particularness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the character of being particular; particularity; individuality. <DD><B> 2. </B>close attention to detail; fastidiousness; fussiness. <BR> <I>Ex. You're getting to be your aunt's own niece, I see, for particularness (George Eliot).</I> </DL>
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<B>particulate, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of, having to do with, or consisting of small, separate particles. <BR> <I>Ex. Some filters ... effectively remove particulate matter from gases (Science News Letter).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a very small, separate particle, such as a particle of dust or fiber. <BR> <I>Ex. The major source of atmospheric particulates include combustion of coal, gasoline, and fuel oil; cement production; lime kiln operation; incineration; and agricultural burning (Francis A. Wood).</I> </DL>
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<B>partie carree,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) a party of four. </DL>
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<B>parting, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the action or fact of departing; going away; taking leave. <BR> <I>Ex. The friends were sad at parting.</I> (SYN) departure. <DD><B> 2. </B>a division; separation. <DD><B> 3. </B>a place of division or separation. <BR> <I>Ex. to reach the parting of the roads. Her hair is arranged with a side parting.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>something that parts or separates two things, such as a layer of rock or clay lying between two beds of different formations. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Archaic.) decease; death. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>given, taken, or done, at parting. <BR> <I>Ex. a parting request.</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>going away; departing. <BR> <I>Ex. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day (Thomas Gray).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Figurative.) dying. <DD><B> 3. </B>dividing; separating. </DL>
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<B>parting cup,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a drinking cup having two handles, used by two people in taking a draft of liquor at parting. </DL>
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<B>parting strip,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the strip in each side of a window frame to keep the upper and lower sashes apart. </DL>
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<B>parti pris,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) a decision or opinion formed in advance. <BR> <I>Ex. They said Nocero had deserved to win, but I think they had a parti pris (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
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<B>Parti Quebecois,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a political party in Quebec advocating independence and separation from the rest of Canada. <BR> <I>Ex. The Parti Quebecois [was] dedicated to preserving French culture in Quebec (W.A. Wilson).</I> </DL>
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<B>partisan</B> (1), noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a strong supporter of a person, party, or cause; one whose support is based on feeling rather than on reasoning. <BR> <I>Ex. He was a passionate partisan of these people and had organized a Workers' Union (Edmund Wilson).</I> (SYN) follower, adherent, disciple. <DD><B> 2. </B>a member of light, irregular troops or armed civilians; guerrilla. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or like a partisan. <BR> <I>Ex. There are often partisan favors in politics. Leadership is either partisan or scientific. Partisan leadership takes sides (Emory S. Bogardus).</I> <DD> Also, <B>partizan.</B> </DL>
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<B>partisan</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a weapon with a broad blade like a halberd and a long shaft like a pike, carried by foot soldiers in the 1500's and on ceremonial occasions by the bodyguards of a great personage. Also, <B>partizan.</B> </DL>
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<B>partisanship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>strong loyalty to a party or cause. <BR> <I>Ex. Regardless of partisanship, however, one could select in the day-to-day happenings of the past year in Japan many symptoms of the poor health of the body politic (Atlantic).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the act or fact of taking sides. <BR> <I>Ex. They wanted a President who would stand above petty partisanship (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
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<B>partita, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a series of dance tunes in the same or related keys for one or more instruments. </DL>
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<B>partite, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>divided into parts or portions. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Botany.) parted. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Entomology.) divided to the base, as a wing. </DL>
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<B>partition, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a division into parts. <BR> <I>Ex. the partition of a man's wealth when he dies.</I> (SYN) apportionment. <DD><B> 2. </B>a portion; part; section. <DD><B> 3. </B>something that separates, such as a wall between rooms or a septum or other separating membrane in a plant or animal body. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Mathematics.) a way of expressing a number as a sum of positive whole numbers. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Logic.) analysis by separation of the integral parts. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to divide into parts. <BR> <I>Ex. to partition an empire among three brothers, to partition a building into apartments.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to separate by a partition. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Law.) to divide (property) to separate the individual interests. noun <B>partitioner.</B> </DL>
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<B>partition chromatography,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the separation of chemical mixtures by passing solutions of them through two separate solvents, one of which is stationary, the other mobile. Partition chromatography is used in separating carbohydrates, amino acids, and other compounds from a mixture of substances. </DL>
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<B>partitionist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who supports or advocates the partition of a country or territory. </DL>
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<B>partitionment, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of dividing; partition. </DL>
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<B>partitive, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a word or phrase meaning a part of a collective whole. <I>Some, few,</I> and <I>any</I> are partitives. <DD><I>adj. </I> expressing a part of a collective whole. <BR> <I>Ex. a partitive adjective.</I> adv. <B>partitively.</B> </DL>
