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Definition of Particulate
1. Noun. 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).
2. Adjective. Composed of distinct particles.
Definition of Particulate
1. v. t. & i. To particularize.
2. a. Having the form of a particle.
Definition of Particulate
1. Adjective. Composed of separate particles. ¹
2. Adjective. (genetics) 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. ¹
3. Noun. Any solid or liquid in a subdivided state, especially one that exhibits special characteristics which are negligible in the bulk material ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Particulate
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Particulate
1. 1. Having the form of a particle. 2. Referring to, or produced by, particles, such as dust, minute germs, etc. "The smallpox is a particulate disease." (Tyndall) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Particulate
Literary usage of Particulate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Public Health Papers and Reports by American Public Health Association (1887)
"The study of the subject in relation to the purification of the air from the
particulate material causing, in wounds, putrefaction, erysipelas, and hospital ..."
2. Natural Inheritance by Francis. Galton (1889)
"CHAPTER II. PROCESSES IN HEREDITY. Natural and Acquired Peculiarities.—Transmutation
of Female into Male Measures.—particulate Inheritance. ..."
3. Air Currents and the Laws of Ventilation: Lectures on the Physics of the by William Napier Shaw (1907)
"The convection of particulate Impurity. An additional physical principle requires
... We have here to deal with what must be regarded as foreign particulate ..."
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