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particulate
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Particulate \Par*tic"u*late\ (p[aum]r*t[i^]k"[-u]*l[=a]t), v. t. & i. [See Particle.] To particularize. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Particulate \Par*tic"u*late\ (p[aum]r*t[i^]k"[-u]*l[asl]t), a.
1. Having the form of a particle.
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2. Referring to, or produced by, particles, such as dust,
minute germs, etc. [R.]
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The smallpox is a particulate disease. --Tyndall.
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3. Composed of particles; finely divided.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
particulate \par*tic"u*late\ (p[aum]r*t[i^]k"[-u]*l[asl]t), n. Matter composed of particles; -- often used in the pl.; as, the quantity of particulates in auto exhaust is strictly regulated. [PJC]
