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PARTICLE SIZE

Specialty Definition: PARTICLE SIZE

DomainDefinition

Hydrologic

The diameter, in millimeters, of suspended sediment or bed material. Particle-size classifications are:. (references)

Mining

The general dimensions (such as average diameter or volume) of the particles in a sediment or rock, or of the grains of a particular mineral that make up a sediment or rock, based on the premise that the particles are spheres or that the measurements made can be expressed as diameters of equivalent spheres. It is commonly measured by sieving, by calculating settling velocities, or by determining areas of microscopic images.See also:particle diameter. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: PARTICLE SIZE

Specialty definitions using "PARTICLE SIZE": ALMOND-PASTE MIXER, Andreasen pipette, Andrews' elutriator, arithmetic-mean particle diameter, attrition millbank slope stability, BREAKER-MACHINE OPERATORClouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System, Coulter counterdesignated size, dry grindingfineness factor, flotation time, fusion methodgraded beddinghydraulic fillingMajac mill, marzipan maker, mean size, mesh liberation size, mesh of grind, micronized mica, MILLER, WOOD FLOURnominal sizeore bin, overgrindingPalo-Travis analyser, particle-size reduction, pipette method, pulp climateQUALITY CONTROL TECHNICIANratio of size reduction, raw count, riffle box, Rittinger's law, ROUGE SIFTER AND MILLERsample preparation, SCRATCHER TENDER, SCREEN OPERATOR, secondary crusher, shaker-screen operator, sieve classification, sieving, sifter and miller, size consist, size distributionvibrating-screen operator. (references)

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Commercial Usage: PARTICLE SIZE

DomainTitle

Books

  • Aerosol Particle Size Analysis: Good Calibration Practices (reference)

  • The effect of water colour, particle size, and particle composition on stream water turbidity measurements (reference)

  • Particle Size Analysis in Pharmaceutics and Other Industries: Theory and Practice (Ellis Horwood Series in Pharmaceutical Technology) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: PARTICLE SIZE

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

particle size

36

particle size analyzer

22

particle size reduction

17

particle size distribution

10

measurement particle size

7

characterization particle size

4

candle from particle size smoke

3

mesh particle size

3

distribution education particle size

3

particle size theory

2

particle size small

2

particle size standard

2

laser particle size

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: PARTICLE SIZE

Language Translations for "PARTICLE SIZE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

kornstoerrelse (coal size, coke size, graded size, granulation, lump size, soil separates), kornstørrelse. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

stukgrootte (coal size, coke size, lump size), korrelgrootte (coal size, coke size, friability, lump size), deeltjegrootte. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

partikkelikoko, raekoko (coal size, coke size, lump size), hiukkaskoko. (various references)

   

French

  

taille d'une particule, dimension des morçeaux. (various references)

   

German

  

Partikelgröße, Teilchengröße, Korngroesse (coal size, coke size, lump size, soil separates). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μέγεθος κόκκου (coal size, coke size, grain size, granularity, lump size), μέγεθος σωματιδίου. (various references)

   

Italian

  

pezzatura (coal size, coke size, lump size). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

'度 (grain size). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

りゅうど (grain size). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

articlepay izesay

   

Portuguese

  

dimensão do coque (coal size, coke size, lump size). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

tamaño del coque (coal size, coke size, lump size), tamaño de una partícula. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

partikelstorlek (coal size, coke size, lump size), kornstorlek (coal size, coke size, graded size, granulation, lump size, soil separates). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: PARTICLE SIZE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-i-l-p-r-s-t-z"

-1 letter: plasticizer.

-2 letters: cartelizes, literacies, plasticize, replicates, specialize, tailpieces.

-3 letters: cartelise, cartelize, clarities, eristical, laterizes, particles, pearliest, pearlites, pearlitic, praelects, prelacies, realistic, realities, replicase, replicate, serialize, specialer, sterilize, tailpiece.

-4 letters: articles, ateliers, calipees, calipers, capelets, ciliates, clearest, craziest, crepiest, crispate, earliest, epistler, espalier, especial, laicizes, laterize, leariest, paretics, parietes, parities, particle, pearlite, pectizes, peltries, percales.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-i-i-l-p-r-s-t-z"
 

+1 letter: recapitalizes.

 

+3 letters: overcapitalizes.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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