单词 | particulate |
释义 | particulateadj.n. A. adj. 1. Existing in the form of minute separate particles; composed of such particles. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > atomic chemistry > [adjective] > existing as particles particulate1870 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [adjective] > relating to particles > existing as particles particulate1870 1870 J. B. Sanderson in 12th Rep. Med. Officer Privy Council App. XI. 237 The disease..must obviously be regarded as in the highest degree volatile, if we are to understand the word in its original and every-day signification, as something which is freely wafted by the air. Is it, like the more fixed contagium of cow-pox also particulate? 1882 W. H. Power in Rep. Use Hosp. for Infectious Dis. App. II. 330 Familiar illustration of that conveyance of particulate matter which I am here including in the term ‘dissemination’. 1923 Proc. Royal Soc. 1922–3 A. 102 623 We assume the invisible portion of the cloud to be particulate and not molecular. 1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) IX. 197/2 Beta rays are particulate radiation consisting of electrons or positrons emitted from a nucleus during β-decay. 1993 R. J. Pond Introd. Engin. Technol. (ed. 2) x. 299 Portland cement concrete is the most common particulate composite. 2. Of or relating to minute separate particles. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [adjective] > relating to particles particularian1674 particulate1881 1881 Jrnl. Microsc. Sc. Jan. 121 The ingestion of fats in a particulate form by Vertebrata. 1888 Times 20 Jan. 10/2 The particulate and undulatory theories of smell are not exclusive of each other. 1967 Brain 90 695 Note particulate flow (sludging) and stasis in veins and venules. 1988 Notes & Rec. Royal Soc. 42 38 He encouraged to a certain extent the edifying use of the inverse-square law..and even of the particulate theory of matter. 1999 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 96 1916/2 For immunization..protein was either used in native, particulate form..or in denatured form. 3. Genetics. Relating to or designating inheritance in which offspring manifest discrete characters each inherited from one or other of the parents. ΚΠ 1885 F. Galton in Science Sept. 273/1 To express this aspect of inheritance, where particle proceeds from particle, we may conveniently describe it as ‘particulate’. 1889 F. Galton Nat. Inheritance ii. 8 The exact meaning of Particulate Inheritance, namely, that each piece of the new structure is derived from a corresponding piece of some older one. 1930 R. A. Fisher Genetical Theory Nat. Selection i. 8 Apart from dominance and linkage,..all the main characteristics of the Mendelian system flow from assumptions of particulate inheritance of the simplest character. 1971 J. Z. Young Introd. Study Man xxviii. 392 (heading) Genes and their mutations. Particulate inheritance. 1996 Evolution 50 470 Do Dennett's memes..show particulate or blending inheritance? 4. Affecting or limited to certain parts only of a whole. rare. ΚΠ 1920 Public Opinion July 26/1 A social body cannot be making more than particulate progress, if it contains a large proportion of members who do not get a fair chance. B. n. A particulate substance, esp. as a contaminant; particulate material. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > atomic chemistry > [noun] > minute particles of matter > particulate substance particulate1949 1949 F. O. Schmitt in A. K. Parpart Chem. & Physiol. Growth 49 The various cytoplasmic particulates such as the microsomes, secretion granules, Nissl substance and so on. 1971 Nature 20 Aug. 553/2 Airborne particulate was collected on 0·45 μm ‘Millipore’ membrane filters. 1988 Q. N. Myrvik & R. S. Weiser Fund. Med. Bacteriol. & Mycol. (ed. 2) xxxii. 468 The term phagocytosis is often used to designate engulfment of particulates by ‘professional phagocytes’. 2002 Imperial Oil Rev. Winter 20/2 It's the suspension of particulates such as smoke, dust and sulphur dioxide in ground-level ozone that causes the respiratory and other problems of ‘smog days’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). particulatev.ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > make specific [verb (transitive)] > specify or state precisely notea1325 specifyc1340 definec1374 assign1377 expressc1400 stevenc1425 condescend1510 particulate1579 particularize1593 particular1605 specialize1616 specificate1649 individualize1655 designate1677 determinate1681 precise1793 precisionize1847 1579 G. Fenton in tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin Ep. Ded. I am bolde..to leaue to particulate in my Epistle any part of the argument. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 605 If I should particulate the scufflings and skirmishes. 1656 P. Heylyn Surv. Estate France 140 Many acts..which I will not stand here to particulate. 1867 J. M. Bonnell Man. Art Prose Composition 32 Words rejected by good writers, though properly formed... Particulate—to mention by name. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > become specific [verb (intransitive)] > come to particulars > go into detail particulate1596 particularize1601 intrinsicate1603 specialize1613 to go into ——1697 to dot the i's (and cross the t's)1820 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xi. lxv. 279 But what particulate we thus, that much in few would write? 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 10 That I may not particulate of Alexander of Hales, the Irrefragable Doctor. 3. transitive. To reduce to particles, make particulate. ΚΠ 1919 S. J. M. Auld in F. H. Simmonds Hist. World War III. ii. viii. 407 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. 1984 Japan Econ. Jrnl. (Nexis) 17 Apr. 17 The study proved that Sialon particulated smaller than 0.5 micron could be sintered without using any auxiliary additives. 2000 Dermatol. Times (Nexis) 1 July 50 The fascia is then particulated, rechecked for sterility, and loaded into syringes that are vacuum-packaged. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1870v.1579 |
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