particulate
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- n a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant)
- a composed of distinct particles
- Every tree that's subtracted from a city's ecosystem means some particulate pollution that should have been filtered out remains.
- But it's hard for the average city denizen to know when particulate levels reach that unhealthy zone.
- According to Weschler, indoor pollution either seeps in from outside (such as particulate matter from car exhaust, ground-level ozone and noxious gases, like sulfur dioxide, which .