Composed of separate particles. / (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.

(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.

plural of particulate (“solid or liquid in a subdivided state”).

Reduced to a particulate form

Archaic spelling of particular.

Any solid or liquid in a finely subdivided state, especially when considered as an atmospheric pollutant.

plural of particulate matter

(genetics) A pattern of inheritance showing that phenotypic traits can be passed from generation to generation through genes, which can keep their ability to be expressed while not always appearing in a descending generation.