GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Particulate (pär‑tĭkˈū́‑lāt), v. t. & i. [See Particle.] To particularize. [Obs.]
   
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   Particulate (pär‑tĭkˈū́‑lā́t), 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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   particulate (pär‑tĭkˈū́‑lā́t), n. Matter composed of particles; -- often used in the pl.; as, “the quantity of particulates in auto exhaust is strictly regulated”.
   
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