Definition of particulate
: of or relating to minute separate particles
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The borough has fallen short of federal pollution rules for fine particulate matter.
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In case traffic starts to build up, environmental sensors on the roadway deck measure carbon monoxide, NOx, and particulate levels every minute, for a continuous five-minute average.
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Wildfires account for more than two-thirds of the particulate matter in the West on days that exceed federal clean air standards, according to a 2016 study in the journal Climatic Change.
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Wartime drops in production were usually followed by a recovery at the end of the conflict, as people returned to work and started pumping particulate lead into the atmosphere again.
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The study prompted the first regulations on fine particulate matter issued under the Clean Air Act in 1997.
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The comprehensive 2,500-word document took issue with a gamut of things—and recounted an incident in which the plant received a complaint about particulate matter found in an injection of the antibiotic vancomycin.
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The Lung Association also lists the nation's six cleanest cities, meaning ones that experience no high ozone or high particulate pollution days.
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The Fairbanks North Star Borough has for years failed to meet federal standards for fine particulate matter — particles of dust smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter.
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Origin and Etymology of particulate
Latin particula
Definition of particulate
: a particulate substance
Recent Examples of particulate from the Web
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Emissions from the engines, combined with the dust, mold, and other fine particulates created by the high-velocity (up to 200 mph) wind from the blowers, create public-health problems for a community.
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Simultaneously high levels of ozone and particulates also have much of Chicago under an Air Quality Alert.
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That standard uses real-world testing to ensure emissions of NOx and particulates don’t go above 2.1 times the permitted laboratory values during everyday use.
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Dozens of other Indian cities are dealing with severe pollution too, but many of the particulates that blanket the metro regions originate in rural areas, and rural areas are just as badly affected by poor air, if not more so.
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Families use wood, dung or charcoal in cook stoves or open fires to make meals and heat their homes, creating airborne particulates indoors.
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The agency is about to embark on a periodic review of key air pollution limits, including those governing particulates.
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The particulates found their way to the brain in two ways, both inhaled through the lungs and also absorbed directly through the tissues in the nose.
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The Southwest Ohio Air Quality Agency monitors and track pollen, mold and other pollutants and particulates.
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First Known Use of particulate
1942
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of particulate
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: of, relating to, or existing in the form of minute separate particles
- dust, smoke, and other particulate matter
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: of or relating to particulate inheritance
- the particulate theory of heredity
- —Julian Huxley
medical Definition of particulate
: a particulate substance
- emission of particulates by car engines
- cytoplasmic particulates in the cell
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