particulates

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particulates

  1. plural of particulate (“solid or liquid in a subdivided state”).
    Synonym: particulate matter
    • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion‎:
      If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the […] hazards of gasoline cars: air and water pollution, noise and noxiousness, constant coughing and the undeniable rise in cancers caused by smoke exhaust particulates.

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