particulate

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

particle

particulate matter

corpuscular

grain

modicum

smidgen

Translations

جزيئي

مادّة جُسيْمائِيّة

corpuscular

Partikel

Teilchen

teilweise

Feststoffteilchen

particule

corpuscolare

particellare

corpuscolato

particulado

material particulado

corpuscular

parçacık

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɑːˈtɪk.jʊ.lɪt/

Etymology

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.