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Definitions

  1. 1. grain
  2. 2. granule
  3. 3. classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)

Words Containing 粒

悬浮微粒
xuán fú wēi lì

particulates

粒子
lì zǐ

(elementary) particle

脱粒机
tuō lì jī

threshing machine

粒子物理学
lì zǐ wù lǐ xué

particle physics

基本粒子
jī běn lì zǐ

elementary particle (particle physics)

美粒果
měi lì guǒ

Minute Maid (brand)

多粒子
duō lì zǐ

many-particle (physics)

希格斯粒子
xī gé sī lì zǐ

Higgs particle (particle physics)

球粒陨石
qiú lì yǔn shí

chondrite (type of meteorite)

霰粒肿
xiàn lì zhǒng

chalazion

粒子束
lì zǐ shù

beam of elementary particles

嗜碱性粒细胞
shì jiǎn xìng lì xì bāo

basophil granulocytes (rarest type of white blood cell)

细粒
xì lì

fine grain

沙粒
shā lì

grain of sand

反粒子
fǎn lì zǐ

antiparticle (physics)

中心粒
zhōng xīn lì

centriole

胶粒
jiāo lì

colloid

细颗粒物
xì kē lì wù

fine particle (PM 2.5)

颗粒物
kē lì wù

particulate matter (PM)

脱粒
tuō lì

to thresh

微粒
wēi lì

speck

粒子
lì zi

grain (of rice)

乙种粒子
yǐ zhǒng lì zǐ

beta particle (electron, esp. high speed electron emitted by radioactive nucleus)

波粒二象性
bō lì èr xiàng xìng

wave-particle duality in quantum mechanics

多粒子系统
duō lì zǐ xì tǒng

many particle systems (physics)

虚粒子
xū lì zǐ

virtual particle

粒细胞
lì xì bāo

granulocyte

粒白细胞
lì bái xì bāo

white granulocyte (blood cell)

粒径
lì jìng

grain size

粒子加速器
lì zǐ jiā sù qì

particle accelerator

粒子流
lì zǐ liú

stream of particles

谷粒
gǔ lì

grain (of cereal)

暹粒
xiān lì

Siem Reap, Cambodia

带电粒子
dài diàn lì zǐ

electrically charged particles

端粒
duān lì

telomere, a protective DNA cap on a chromosome

微粒体
wēi lì tǐ

microsome

嗜酸性粒细胞
shì suān xìng lì xì bāo

eosinophil (type of white blood cell)

一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu

lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)

颗粒无收
kē lì wú shōu

not a single grain was reaped (as in a bad harvest year)

子粒
zǐ lì

seed

坋粒
bèn lì

silt particle

高能粒子
gāo néng lì zǐ

high energy particle

粒子物理
lì zǐ wù lǐ

particle physics

质粒
zhì lì

plasmid

麦粒肿
mài lì zhǒng

sty (eyelid swelling)

米粒组织
mǐ lì zǔ zhī

granulation

阿尔法粒子
ā ěr fǎ lì zǐ

alpha particle (helium nucleus)

胡椒粒
hú jiāo lì

peppercorn

颗粒
kē lì

kernel

米粒
mǐ lì

grain of rice

线粒体
xiàn lì tǐ

mitochondrion

端粒酶
duān lì méi

telomerase

中性粒细胞
zhōng xìng lì xì bāo

neutrophil (the most common type of white blood cell)

分泌颗粒
fēn mì kē lì

secretory granule

汗粒
hàn lì

bead of sweat