departiculate
verbEtymology From de- + particulate.
1
Rare To remove particles.
- Water, while an excellent departiculating agent, is not as effective in removing nonpolar contaminants from surfaces.1998, Samuel P. Sawan, Supercritical Fluid Cleaning: Fundamentals, Technology and Applications:
- Atomically, the system departiculates as the energy of the system moves into balanced equilibrium.2016, Janet Myatt, The Divine Journey: Awakening to the Creative Process of Life:
- Derived terms
- departiculation