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particulate matter

particulate matter noun: any solid or liquid in a finely subdivided state, especially when considered as an atmospheric pollutant.

Noun

particulate matter (countable and uncountable, plural particulate matters)

  1. Any solid or liquid in a finely subdivided state, especially when considered as an atmospheric pollutant.
    • Particulate matter air pollution contributes to lung cancer incidence in Europe.2013 July 13, Ole Raaschou-Nielsen et al., “Air pollution and lung cancer incidence in 17 European cohorts: prospective analyses from the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects...
    • Ambient particulate matter affects local/regional air quality, human health and climate change significantly. The carbonaceous fractions like organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC, sometimes known as black carbon) are of high […]2014, Guofeng Shen, Emission Factors of Carbonaceous Particulate Matter and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Residential Solid Fuel Combustions, Springer, →ISBN, page 60
    Synonyms:
    particulates, PM

particulate matter meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

particulate matter in Tamil

துகள்மப்பொருள்

particulate matter in Malayalam

particulate matter
പൊടി poṭi

Synonyms of particulate matter

Forms of particulate matter

pluralparticulate matters

Questions about particulate matter

What does particulate matter mean?
Particulate matter means any solid or liquid in a finely subdivided state, especially when considered as an atmospheric pollutant.
What is particulate matter in Tamil?
Particulate matter in Tamil is துகள்மப்பொருள். See Particulate matter meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is particulate matter?
Particulate matter is a noun.
What is the plural of particulate matter?
The plural of particulate matter is particulate matters.

Words near particulate matter in the dictionary

  1. particularness
  2. particulars
  3. particulary
  4. particulate
  5. particulate inheritance
  6. particulate matter
  7. particulate matters
  8. particulated
  9. particulates
  10. particulating
  11. particule

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Adapted from Wiktionary: particulate matter (page history and authors); particulate matter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); പൊടി (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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