departiculate

English

Etymology

de- +‎ particulate

Verb

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

1. (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.

Derived terms

• departiculation

Anagrams

• recapitulated