D defs.my
Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Particulate

/(pär*tĭk"ū̇*lāt)/ · Par·tic·u·late · IPA /pɑɹˈtɪk.jə.lət/
01 v. t. & i. To particularize.
  1. 1.
    To particularize.[Obs.]
02 a. Having the form of a particle.
  1. 1.
    Having the form of a particle.
  2. 2.
    Referring to, or produced by, particles, such as dust, minute germs, etc.[R.]
    “The smallpox is a particulate disease.” Tyndall.
  3. 3.
    Composed of particles; finely divided.
03 n. Matter composed of particles; -- often used in the pl.; as, the quantity of particulates in auto exhaust is strictly regulated.
  1. 1.
    Matter composed of particles; -- often used in the pl.; as, the quantity of particulates in auto exhaust is strictly regulated.