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Pulverulence vs Pulverulent - What's the difference?

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Pulverulence is a related term of pulverulent.


As a noun pulverulence

is the state or characteristic of being powdery or dusty.

As an adjective pulverulent is

pulverulent.

pulverulence

English

Noun

(-)
  • The state or characteristic of being powdery or dusty.
  • *1982 , G. Vitalis and I. Puskas-Hogyes, "Engineering geological and construction technological characteristics of triassic dolomites in Hungary," Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment , vol. 25, no. 1, p. 79,
  • *:There are rock varieties with different degrees of decomposition and pulverulence .

    • Related terms

    * pulverulent * pulverulently

    References

    *" pulverulence" at OneLook® Dictionary Search .

    pulverulent

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pulverulentous * pulverulous

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Consisting]] of, covered with, or [[disintegrate, disintegrating into a fine powder; powdery; dusty.
  • *1900 , , Love and Mr. Lewisham , ch. 15,
  • *:The first pulverulent snows told that Christmas was at hand.
  • *2004 , (Geoffrey Brock. trans.), The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana , ISBN 9780156030434, p. 120,
  • *:If a cellar prefigures the underworld, an attic promises a rather threadbare paradise, where the dead bodies appear in a pulverulent glow.

    • Related terms

    * pulverulence * pulverulently

    References

    *" pulverulent" at OneLook® Dictionary Search .