different between particulate vs corpuscular
particulate
English
Etymology
From New Latin particulatus, from particula, diminutive of pars.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p???t?kj?l?t/, /p???t?kj?le?t/, /p??t?kj?l?t/, /p??t?kj?le?t/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /p???t?kj?l?t/
- Rhymes: -?kj?l?t
Adjective
particulate (comparative more particulate, superlative most particulate)
- Composed of separate particles. [from late 19th c.]
- (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.
- 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 41:
- The rudiments of particulate inheritance were dimly understood already by the breeders of cattle and apples, but nobody was being systematic.
- 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 41:
Derived terms
Noun
particulate (plural particulates)
- (chiefly in the plural) Any solid or liquid in a subdivided state, especially one that exhibits special characteristics which are negligible in the bulk material. [from 1960]
- Synonym: particulate matter
Translations
Further reading
- particulates on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- catapultier
particulate From the web:
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corpuscular
English
Etymology
From New Latin *corpuscularis, from corpusculum (“corpuscle”).
Adjective
corpuscular (comparative more corpuscular, superlative most corpuscular)
- Of, pertaining to, or composed of corpuscles; particulate.
Derived terms
- corpuscularism
- corpuscular radiation
- corpuscular theory
Related terms
- corpuscle
Translations
Romanian
Etymology
From French corpusculaire
Adjective
corpuscular m or n (feminine singular corpuscular?, masculine plural corpusculari, feminine and neuter plural corpusculare)
- corpuscular
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ko?pusku?la?/, [ko?.pus.ku?la?]
Adjective
corpuscular (plural corpusculares)
- corpuscular
corpuscular From the web:
- what corpuscular mean
- what corpuscular nature of matter
- what corpuscular theory
- what does crepuscular mean
- what is corpuscular hemoglobin
- what mean corpuscular hemoglobin
- what is corpuscular nature of matter in chemistry
- what is corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
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