granular

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Quotations 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.3 Related terms 1.2.4 Translations 1.2.5 References 2 Spanish 2.1 Adjective 2.2 Verb 2.2.1 Conjugation

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

< granule +‎ -ar. Compare French granulaire.

[edit] Adjective

granular (comparative more granular, superlative most granular)

1. Consisting of, or resembling, granules or grains; as, a granular substance. Grainy. Granular limestone, crystalline limestone, or marble, having a granular structure.

[edit] Quotations

• 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...

[edit] Derived terms

• granularity

[edit] Related terms

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

[edit] Translations

[edit] References

• granular in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• granular in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Merriam-Webster OnLine 2008

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Adjective

granular m. and f. (plural granulares)

1. granular

[edit] Verb

granular (first-person singular present granulo, first-person singular preterite granulé, past participle granulado)

1. to granulate

[edit] Conjugation