Definitions
composed of distinct particles
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“particulate air pollution”
“particulate matter”
“The rudiments of particulate inheritance were dimly understood already by the breeders of cattle and apples, but nobody was being systematic.”
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