different between granule vs particulate
granule
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin granulum, diminutive of Latin granum (“grain”); for more, see grain.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???anju?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /???ænjul/, /???ænj?l/
Noun
granule (plural granules)
- A tiny grain, a small particle.
- (biology) A small structure in a cell.
- (geology) A particle from 2 to 4 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
- (astronomy) a small mark in the photosphere of the sun caused by convection currents. See also Wikipedia:Granule (solar physics).
Related terms
- grain
- granular
- granularity
- granulate
- granulation
Translations
Further reading
- granule in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- granule in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- langure, unregal
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: granulent, granules
Verb
granule
- first-person singular present indicative of granuler
- third-person singular present indicative of granuler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of granuler
- third-person singular present subjunctive of granuler
- second-person singular imperative of granuler
Spanish
Verb
granule
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of granular.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of granular.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of granular.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of granular.
granule From the web:
- what granules are present in granulocytes
- what granules are in neutrophils
- what granules do eosinophils contain
- what granules are extruded from the keratinocytes
- what granules contain glycolipids
- what granules do basophils have
- what granules do neutrophils contain
- what granule cell
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:
- what particles are found in the nucleus of an atom
- what particles make up an atom
- what particle is emitted in alpha radiation
- what particle has a negative charge
- what particles are in the nucleus of an atom
- what particle has a positive charge
- what particles make up the nucleus of an atom
- what particles are located in the nucleus
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