Visual meaning of 'particulate'? - learn with images, example in daily life

Visual illustration of particulate: (chiefly in plural) Any solid or liquid in a subdivided state, especially one that exhibits special characteristics which are negligible in the bulk material.

noun

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

"Particulates in engine oil can abrade moving parts."

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Visual illustration of particulate: Composed of separate particles.

adjective

Composed of separate particles.

"particulate air pollution"

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Visual illustration of particulate: 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.

adjective

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.

"Because eye color inheritance is particulate, a child doesn't end up with a blended shade of their parents' eye colors, but rather inherits either one parent's brown eyes or the other's blue eyes. "

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