"granular" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɡɹæn.jə.lə(ɹ)/ Audio: En-us-granular.oga [US] Forms: more granular [comparative], most granular [superlative]
Etymology: From Late Latin grānulum (“granule, little grain”), diminutive of Latin grānum (“grain, seed”), + -ar. By surface analysis, granule + -ar. Compare French granulaire. Etymology templates: {{der|en|LL.|grānulum|t=granule, little grain}} Late Latin grānulum (“granule, little grain”), {{der|en|la|grānum|t=grain, seed}} Latin grānum (“grain, seed”), {{suffix|en||ar}} + -ar, {{surf|en|granule|-ar}} By surface analysis, granule + -ar, {{cog|fr|granulaire}} French granulaire Head templates: {{en-adj}} granular (comparative more granular, superlative most granular)
  1. Consisting of, or resembling, granules or grains Translations (consisting of, or resembling, grains): χονδρός (khondrós) (Ancient Greek), зърнист (zǎrnist) (Bulgarian), гранулиран (granuliran) (Bulgarian), rakeinen (Finnish), granuleux (French), szemcsés (Hungarian), danikî (Northern Kurdish), зернистый (zernistyj) (Russian), granuloso (Spanish), grynig (Swedish), зерни́стий (zernýstyj) (Ukrainian), гранульо́ваний (hranulʹóvanyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-granular-en-adj-mbZPmY-x Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ar Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ar: 71 29 Disambiguation of 'consisting of, or resembling, grains': 95 5
  2. grainy
    Sense id: en-granular-en-adj-IOXfZHiP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: granulous, corpuscular, globular, grainy, granular, granulary [dated], granuliform, granulose, particulate Hypernyms: solid Derived forms: granular cell tumor, granular cheese, granularity, granularly Related terms: coarse-grained, fine-grained, grain, granulate, granulation, granule, crumbly, insubstantial, coarse, fine Coordinate_terms: particulate [adjective]

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      "source": "Thesaurus:granular",
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      "word": "mealy"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:granular",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:granular",
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      "word": "coarse-grained"
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        }
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      "word": "granulous"
    },
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      "word": "corpuscular"
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      "word": "granular"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "granulary"
    },
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      "source": "Thesaurus:granular",
      "word": "granuliform"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:granular",
      "word": "granulose"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zǎrnist",
      "sense": "consisting of, or resembling, grains",
      "word": "зърнист"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "granuliran",
      "sense": "consisting of, or resembling, grains",
      "word": "гранулиран"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "consisting of, or resembling, grains",
      "word": "rakeinen"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "consisting of, or resembling, grains",
      "word": "granuleux"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "khondrós",
      "sense": "consisting of, or resembling, grains",
      "word": "χονδρός"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "consisting of, or resembling, grains",
      "word": "szemcsés"
    },
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      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "consisting of, or resembling, grains",
      "word": "danikî"
    },
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      "sense": "consisting of, or resembling, grains",
      "word": "зернистый"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "consisting of, or resembling, grains",
      "word": "granuloso"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "consisting of, or resembling, grains",
      "word": "grynig"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zernýstyj",
      "sense": "consisting of, or resembling, grains",
      "word": "зерни́стий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hranulʹóvanyj",
      "sense": "consisting of, or resembling, grains",
      "word": "гранульо́ваний"
    }
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    "Granularity"
  ],
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}

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