granular

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡɹæn.jə.lə(ɹ)/

Adjective

granular

1. Consisting of, or resembling, granules or grains

   a granular substance

2. grainy

   It has a granular structure

   • 1790, Abraham Mills, Some Strata in Ireland and Scotland, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 80

     This Whyn Dyke is bare at the cliffs ſeveral yards in height, and is near nine feet in width. It conſiſts of an inner part of a granular and ſomewhat porous texture...

Synonyms

• granulous; see also Thesaurus:granular

Related terms

• coarse-grained
• fine-grained
• grain
• granulate
• granulation
• granule

Translations

• French: granuleux
• Russian: зернистый

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