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Particulate
Definitions
- 1 Composed of separate particles.
"particulate air pollution"
- 2 Pertaining to heritable characteristics which are attributable discretely to either one or another of an offspring's parents, rather than a blend of the two.
"The rudiments of particulate inheritance were dimly understood already by the breeders of cattle and apples, but nobody was being systematic."
- 1 composed of distinct particles wordnet
- 1 Any solid or liquid in a subdivided state, especially one that exhibits special characteristics which are negligible in the bulk material. in-plural
"Particulates in engine oil can abrade moving parts."
- 2 a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant) wordnet
- 1 To reduce to particles, make particulate. transitive
"Only after the explosion has particulated the poison and given it every opportunity to vaporize can any appreciable concentration of gas be present in the air."
- 2 Synonym of particularize. ambitransitive, obsolete
"And I am bolde (contrary to the cuſtome of ſome vvriters) to leaue to particulate in my Epiſtle any part of the argument vvhich vvith ſo great grauitie he hath digeſted ar large in ſo great a volume: […]"
Etymology
From New Latin particulātus (“divided into small parts”) (also particulāta (“small parts”), from its neuter plural), from Classical Latin particula (“particle”), from pars (“part, piece”) + -cula (diminutive suffix), + -ātus (-ate). The verb is probably independently from the adjective rather than from Etymology 2.
From New Latin particulātus (“divided into small parts”) (also particulāta (“small parts”), from its neuter plural), from Classical Latin particula (“particle”), from pars (“part, piece”) + -cula (diminutive suffix), + -ātus (-ate). The verb is probably independently from the adjective rather than from Etymology 2.
From New Latin particulātus (“divided into small parts”) (also particulāta (“small parts”), from its neuter plural), from Classical Latin particula (“particle”), from pars (“part, piece”) + -cula (diminutive suffix), + -ātus (-ate). The verb is probably independently from the adjective rather than from Etymology 2.
From Latin particulāt-, past participial stem (compare the verbal suffix -ate) of particulō (“to particularize”), from particula (“particle”) + -ō (verbal suffix).
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