PARTICULATES

Noun

particulates

plural of particulate (“solid or liquid in a subdivided state”).

Synonym: particulate matter

Anagrams

• catapultiers

Source: Wiktionary


PARTICULATE

Par*tic"u*late, v. t. & i. Etym: [See Particle.]

Definition: To particularize. [Obs.]

Par*tic"u*late, a.

1. Having the form of a particle.

2. Referring to, or produced by, particles, such as dust, minute germs, etc. [R.] The smallpox is a particulate disease. Tyndall.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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