particulate

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Composed of separate particles.
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.

Noun

Any solid or liquid in a subdivided state, especially one that exhibits special characteristics which are negligible in the bulk material.

Verb

To reduce to particles, make particulate.

Verb

Synonym of particularize.

Concepts

particule

Synonymes

particle

particulate matter

corpuscular

grain

modicum

smidgen

Traductions

جزيئي

مادّة جُسيْمائِيّة

corpuscular

Partikel

Teilchen

teilweise

Feststoffteilchen

corpuscolare

particellare

corpuscolato

particulado

material particulado

corpuscular

parçacık

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/pɑːˈtɪk.jʊ.lɪt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.