particulate
To reduce to particles, make particulateTo reduce to particles, make particulate.
» Some cruise ships emit as much particulate matter as 1m cars.
Manche Kreuzfahrtschiffe stoßen so viel Feinstaub aus wie eine Million Autos.
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To reduce to particles, make particulate.
(ambitransitive, obsolete)Synonym of particularize.
Examples
2 sentencesSome cruise ships emit as much particulate matter as 1m cars.
deManche Kreuzfahrtschiffe stoßen so viel Feinstaub aus wie eine Million Autos.
In India's large cities, the air's particulate matter content is frighteningly high.
deIn den Großstädten Indiens ist der Feinstaub-Anteil der Luft erschreckend hoch.
Origin
From New Latin particulātus (“divided into small parts”) (also particulāta (“small parts”)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.
From Latin particulāt-, past participial stem (compare the verbal suffix -ate) of particulō (“to particularize”), from particula (“particle”) + -ō (verbal suffix).
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Forms
particulates, particulating, particulated, particulated| Base form | particulate · to particulate |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | particulates |
| Present participle | particulating |
| Past simple | particulated |
| Past participle | particulated |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle