particulate

particulate
Relating to or occurring in the form of fine particles.

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par·tic·u·late pär-'tik-yə-lət adj
1) of, relating to, or existing in the form of minute separate particles <dust, smoke, and other \particulate matter>
2) of or relating to particulate inheritance <the \particulate theory of heredity (Julian Huxley)>
particulate n a particulate substance <emission of \particulates by car engines> <cytoplasmic \particulates in the cell>

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par·tic·u·late (pahr-tikґu-lət) composed of separate particles.

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