Definition of Particulate

Par`tic´u`late   Pronunciation: pär`tĭk´ũ`lāt
v. t. & i.1.To particularize.
a.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.
3.Composed of particles; finely divided.
n.1.Matter composed of particles; - often used in the pl.; as, the quantity of particulates in auto exhaust is strictly regulated.


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