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(taken from Merriam-Webster online)

particle: any of the basic units of matter and energy (as a molecule, atom, proton, electron or photon)

radiation: energy transmitted in the form of waves or particles

neutrino: an uncharged elementary particle that is believed to have a very small mass, that has any of three forms and that interacts only rarely with other particles

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