granulate

English

Verb

granulate (third-person singular simple present granulates, present participle granulating, simple past and past participle granulated)

1. (transitive) To segment into tiny grains or particles.
2. (intransitive) To collect or be formed into grains.

   Cane juice granulates into sugar.

Related terms

• grain
• granular
• granularity
• granulation
• granule

Translations

to segment

• Finnish: rakeistaa (fi)
• French: grainer (fr), granuler (fr)

• Galician: granular (gl)
• German: granulieren (1)
• Spanish: granular (es)

Adjective

granulate (comparative more granulate, superlative most granulate)

1. Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular.
2. Having numerous small elevations, like shagreen.

External links

• Wikipedia article on granular synthesis.
• granulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• granulate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Italian

Adjective

granulate f

1. Feminine plural form of granulato

Verb

granulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of granulare
2. second-person plural imperative of granulare
3. Feminine plural of granulato

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Latin

Adjective

grānulāte

1. vocative masculine singular of grānulātus