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| Domain | Definition |
Energy | Unburnedfuel particles that form smoke or soot and stick to lung tissue when inhaled. A chiefcomponent of exhaust emissions from heavy-duty diesel engines. (PM). (references) |
Environment | Dust, soot, other tiny bits of solid materials that are released into and move around in the air. See also fine particle, PM10, Visibility Research Program pages. (references) |
Weather | (PM) Solid particles or liquid droplets suspended or carried in the air (e.g., soot, dust, fumes, mist) . See aerosol, sulfate aerosols. (references) |
| Very small pieces of solid or liquid matter, such as particles of soot, dust, aerosols, fumes, or mists. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: PARTICULATE MATTER |
| Specialty definitions using "PARTICULATE MATTER": Air sampling, airborne particles, Airborne Particulates ♦ Baffle Chamber, Biodiesel ♦ décantation ♦ electronic filter, Electrostatic Precipitator ♦ fine particle ♦ harmful dust ♦ particle sampler, particulates, Performance Standards, PM10 ♦ suede crock, sulfate aerosol, Sulfate aerosols ♦ total suspended particulates ♦ Venturi Scrubbers ♦ Wood-Burning-Stove Pollution. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Particle impactor to study atmospheric particulate matter; Aiken condensation nuclei counter, and Dupont humidity sensor. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
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Business | According to PCD reporting, the metropolitan region suffers from a variety of air pollutants especially suspended particulate matter (PM). Levels of O3 are slightly higher than the standards, while CO, NO2 and SO2 are below standards. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
particulate matter | 13 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "PARTICULATE MATTER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | partikulaert stof. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vast deeltje. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | partikkeli, hiukkanen (grain, particle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | matière particulaire. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Feststoffteilchen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σωματίδια (particles). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sostanza particellare. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | articulatepay attermay material particulado. (various references) material formado de partículas. (various references) partikulärt material. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-e-e-i-l-m-p-r-r-t-t-t-t-u" | |
-5 letters: rearticulate, recapitulate. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Images: Photo Album 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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