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In physics what is a particle?

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'Particle' is quite a general term.

In terms of particle-physics, it usually refers to a proton/ neutron, but can refer to any small component.

Usually, electrons/ positrons/ any other leptons are refered to as such, because they're fundamental (at the moment, we don't know how to split these up further).

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