particulate

1. (chiefly in the plural) Any solid or liquid in a subdivided state, especially one that exhibits special characteristics which are negligible in the bulk material.Examples: "Particulates in engine oil can abrade moving parts."Synonyms: particulate matterin-plural

1. (transitive) To reduce to particles, make particulate.Examples: "Only after the explosion has particulated the poison and given it every opportunity to vaporize can any appreciable concentration of gas be present in the air."; "The study proved that Sialon particulated smaller than 0.5 micron could be sintered without using any auxiliary additives."; "The fascia is then particulated, rechecked for sterility, and loaded into syringes that are vacuum-packaged."transitive

1. (ambitransitive, obsolete) Synonym of particularize.Examples: "And I am bolde (contrary to the cuſtome of ſome vvriters) to leaue to particulate in my Epiſtle any part of the argument vvhich vvith ſo great grauitie he hath digeſted ar large in ſo great a volume: […]"; "But what particulate we thus, that much in few would write?"; "they at the loweſt ebbe of learning, amazed the world with their excellent knowledge in Philoſophie, and Divinitie: for that I may not particulate of Alexander of Hales, the Irrefragable Doctor, Schoolemaſter to the Angelique Doctor Thomas Aquinas, one Colledge in Oxford brought forth in one age thoſe foure lights of learning: […]"Synonyms: particularizeambitransitiveobsolete