departiculate
English edit
Etymology edit
de- + particulate
Verb edit
departiculate (third-person singular simple present departiculates, present participle departiculating, simple past and past participle departiculated)
- (rare) To remove particles.
- 1998, Samuel P. Sawan, Supercritical Fluid Cleaning: Fundamentals, Technology and Applications[1]:
- Water, while an excellent departiculating agent, is not as effective in removing nonpolar contaminants from surfaces.
- 2016, Janet Myatt, The Divine Journey: Awakening to the Creative Process of Life:
- Atomically, the system departiculates as the energy of the system moves into balanced equilibrium.