granule
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See also: granulé
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Late Latin granulum, diminutive of Latin granum (“grain”); for more, see grain. By surface analysis, grain + -ule.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
granule (plural granules)
- A tiny grain, a small particle.
- (biology) A small structure in a cell.
- (geology) A particle from 2 to 4 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
- (astronomy) a small mark in the photosphere of the sun caused by convection currents. See also Wikipedia:Granule (solar physics).
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
small particle
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small structure in a cell
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Further reading[edit]
- “granule”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “granule”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file) - Homophones: granulent, granules
Verb[edit]
granule
- inflection of granuler:
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
granule
- inflection of granular:
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵerh₂-
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- English terms suffixed with -ule
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