pulverulent
Americanadjective
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consisting of dust or fine powder.
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crumbling to dust or powder.
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covered with dust or powder.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- pulverulence noun
- pulverulently adverb
Etymology
Origin of pulverulent
1650–60; < Latin pulverulentus dusty, equivalent to pulver- (stem of pulvis ) dust + -ulentus -ulent
Example Sentences
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Fronds mostly chaffy, woolly, or pulverulent, rarely smooth.
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In this pulverulent state the gold is mixed with 1⁄12th of its weight of oxide of bismuth, together with a small quantity of borax and gum water.
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When the calcination, however, is conducted at such a temperature that only about 75% of the water is lost, it yields a white pulverulent substance, known as “plaster of Paris,” which may readily be caused to recombine with water, forming a hard cement.
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When the vein-stuff has been raised it is reduced to a pulverulent condition, to liberate the gold from the gangue.
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Its wood is of a yellow colour merging into green, and has an almost pulverulent fracture; the flowers are yellow and conspicuous; and the fruit is dry and 4-winged.
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