pulˈverulence [f. as next, as if from a L. *pulverulentia: see -ence.] Dustiness, powder. 1727Bailey vol. II, Pulverulence, dustiness.1837J. T. Smith tr.Vicat's Mortars 131 This movement is obliged to be subdivided..into an infinite number of partial contractions, whence arises pulverulence.