particulate

Meanings

Adjective

• Composed of separate particles.
• 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.

Noun

• Any solid or liquid in a subdivided state, especially one that exhibits special characteristics which are negligible in the bulk material.

Origin

• From New Latin particulatus, from particula, diminutive of pars.