Particulate vs. Particle

Of, relating to, or formed of minute separate particles.

A very small piece or part; a tiny portion or speck.

A minute separate particle, as of a granular substance or powder.

A very small or the smallest possible amount, trace, or degree

Often particulates Particulate matter

A body whose spatial extent and internal motion and structure, if any, are irrelevant in a specific problem.

Composed of separate particles.

See elementary particle.

(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.

See subatomic particle.

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

An uninflected item that has grammatical function but does not clearly belong to one of the major parts of speech, such as up in He looked up the word or to in English infinitives.

To particularize.

In some systems of grammatical analysis, any of various short function words, including articles, prepositions, and conjunctions.

Having the form of a particle.

(Ecclesiastical) A portion or fragment of the Eucharistic host.

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

(Archaic) A small part of something written, such as a clause of a document.

Composed of particles; finely divided.

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

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

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

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)

(linguistics) A part of speech that has no inherent lexical definition but must be associated with another word to impart meaning, often a grammatical category: for example, the English word to in a full infinitive phrase (to eat) or O in a vocative phrase (O Canada), or as a discourse marker (mmm).

Composed of distinct particles

(linguistics) A part of speech which cannot be inflected.

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

A little bit.

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.

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

A crumb or little piece of consecrated host.

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.

An elementary particle.

(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

A body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions

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