different between specify vs particulate

English

Etymology

From Old French specifier, especefier, or directly from Medieval Latin specific?, from specificus (“specific”).

Pronunciation

• (UK)IPA^(key): /?sp?s.?.fa?/
• (US)IPA^(key): /?sp?s.??fa?/
• Hyphenation: spe?ci?fy

Verb

specify (third-person singular simple present specifies, present participle specifying, simple past and past participle specified)

1. (transitive) To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
2. (transitive) To include in a specification.
3. (transitive) To bring about a specific result.
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To speak explicitly or in detail (often used with of).

Synonyms

• explicitize
• disambiguate

Derived terms

• above-specified

Related terms

• specifiable
• specific
• specification

Translations

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)

1. Composed of separate particles. [from late 19th c.]

2. (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.

Derived terms

Noun

particulate (plural particulates)

1. (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