When we examine common words, we find that, broadly speaking, proper names stand for particulars, while other substantives, adjectives, prepositions, and verbs stand for universals.
a particular proposition, opposed to "universal", e.g. (particular affirmative) "Some men are wise"; (particular negative) "Some men are not wise".
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Used in the Middle of Sentence
In particular some of the antennal OSNs in the coeloconic sensilla of I.
This tour-goer stopped everyone in their tracks when she told of seeing a family in the attic window many times prior to this particular night.
A spryte can include scan-lines with no pixels in them, and particular pixels within a spryte can be designated as transparent.
Used in the Ending of Sentence
The last ten thousand years have witnessed a gracilization of the human cranium — and masticatory complex, in particular.
The overall plan is well understood, but we still have to work out the particulars.
Meaning of particular for the defined word.
Grammatically, this word "particular" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.