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Particulate   /pərtˈɪkjələt/   Listen
Particulate

noun
1.
A small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant).  Synonym: particulate matter.
adjective
1.
Composed of distinct particles.



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"Particulate" Quotes from Famous Books



... means of experimental investigations, and efficient modes of prevention deduced from the data so obtained; but the terrible agency of the parasitic fungi and of the infinitesimally minute microbes, which work far greater havoc among plants and animals, has been brought to light. The 'particulate' or 'germ' theory of disease, as it is called, long since suggested, has obtained a firm foundation, in so far as it has been proved to be true in respect of sundry epidemic disorders. Moreover, it has theoretically justified prophylactic measures, such as vaccination, which formerly rested ...
— The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century • T.H. (Thomas Henry) Huxley


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