9 sentences with 'particles'
Example sentences and phrases with the word particles and other words derived from it.
• « Other Greek scientists came to refine these ideas, especially when two of them (Leucippus and Democritus) came to the idea that the tiny particles they called atoms formed the elements that, in turn, formed everything else. »
• « He discovered that a black hole can not only shrink; it can also emit energetic particles generated in its intense gravitational field. »
• « The vibration produced by ultrasound penetrates particles of matter, cells and piezoelectric glass and modifies their constitution. »
• « Alpha radioactive particles, because of their relatively large mass, can be stopped even by a sheet of paper and usually cannot penetrate the outer layer of dead skin cells. »
• « Beta radioactive particles can penetrate about one centimetre into tissues, and damage can occur to the skin but not to internal organs, unless ingested or breathed in. »
• « Jupiter's inner heat, which we were talking about just now, has, over thousands and thousands of years, raised from the surface coloured material that has condensed together with the other particles that make up a cloud. That's what Jupiter's Great Red Spot is all about. »
• « Please do not touch the cosmic dust, nor try to take home any particles from the Saturnian rings. We try not to alter the composition of the planet, because of the possibility of causing irreparable catastrophes in the whole solar system. Thank you for your understanding. »