Particulate vs. Particle

Particulateadjective

Composed of separate particles.

Particulateadjective

(genetics) Pertaining to heritable characteristics which are attributable discretely to either one or another of an offspring's parents, rather than a blend of the two.

Particulatenoun

Any solid or liquid in a subdivided state, especially one that exhibits special characteristics which are negligible in the bulk material.

Particulateverb

To particularize.

Particulateadjective

Having the form of a particle.

Particulateadjective

Referring to, or produced by, particles, such as dust, minute germs, etc.

Particulateadjective

Composed of particles; finely divided.

Particulatenoun

Matter composed of particles; - often used in the pl.; as, the quantity of particulates in auto exhaust is strictly regulated.

Particulatenoun

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)

Particulateadjective

composed of distinct particles

Particlenoun

A very small piece of matter, a fragment; especially, the smallest possible part of something.

Particlenoun

(physics) Any of various physical objects making up the constituent parts of an atom; an elementary particle or subatomic particle.

Particlenoun

(linguistics) A word that has a particular grammatical function but does not obviously belong to any particular part of speech, such as the word to in English infinitives or O as a vocative particle.

Particlenoun

(linguistics) A part of speech which cannot be inflected: an adverb, preposition, conjunction or interjection.

Particlenoun

(Christianity) In the Roman Catholic church, a crumb of consecrated bread; also the smaller breads used in the communion of the laity.

Particlenoun

A minute part or portion of matter; a morsel; a little bit; an atom; a jot; as, a particle of sand, of wood, of dust.

Particlenoun

Any very small portion or part; the smallest portion; as, he has not a particle of patriotism or virtue.

Particlenoun

A crumb or little piece of consecrated host.

Particlenoun

A subordinate word that is never inflected (a preposition, conjunction, interjection); or a word that can not be used except in compositions; as, ward in backward, ly in lovely.

Particlenoun

An elementary particle.

Particlenoun

(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

Particlenoun

a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions

Particlenoun

a function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs

Particle

In the physical sciences, a particle (or corpuscule in older texts) is a small localized object to which can be ascribed several physical or chemical properties, such as volume, density, or mass. They vary greatly in size or quantity, from subatomic particles like the electron, to microscopic particles like atoms and molecules, to macroscopic particles like powders and other granular materials.