"coarsening" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: coarsenings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} coarsening (plural coarsenings)
  1. The process or the result of becoming coarse
    Sense id: en-coarsening-en-noun-GnuQ26D~

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} coarsening
  1. present participle and gerund of coarsen Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: coarsen
    Sense id: en-coarsening-en-verb-ge4YY7cP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86

Inflected forms

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