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departiculate

departiculate verb: to remove particles.

Verb

departiculate (third-person singular simple present departiculates, present participle departiculating, simple past and past participle departiculated)

  1. (rare) To remove particles.
    • Water, while an excellent departiculating agent, is not as effective in removing nonpolar contaminants from surfaces.1998, Samuel P. Sawan, Supercritical Fluid Cleaning: Fundamentals, Technology and Applications
    • Atomically, the system departiculates as the energy of the system moves into balanced equilibrium.2016, Janet Myatt, The Divine Journey: Awakening to the Creative Process of Life

Forms of departiculate

third-person singular presentdeparticulates
present participledeparticulating
past participledeparticulated
pastdeparticulated

Origin of departiculate

From de- + particulate.

Words formed from departiculate

Questions about departiculate

What does departiculate mean?
Departiculate means to remove particles.
What part of speech is departiculate?
Departiculate is a verb.
What is the past tense of departiculate?
The past tense of departiculate is departiculated.

Words near departiculate in the dictionary

  1. departees
  2. departer
  3. departers
  4. departest
  5. departeth
  6. departiculate
  7. departiculated
  8. departiculates
  9. departiculating
  10. departiculation
  11. departing

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