identification particle

1. 1.

   a tiny particle of material that can be added to a product to indicate the source of manufacture

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Questions about identification particle

What does identification particle mean?

identification particle means "a tiny particle of material that can be added to a product to indicate the source of manufacture".

Is identification particle a common word?

identification particle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.