Dictionary

granular en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡɹæn.jə.lɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈɡɹæn.jə.lə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈɡɹɛən.jə.lɚ] (Canada, General-American) /æ/ raising
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• /ˈɡɹæn.jə.lə(ɹ)/ (Australia)
• /ˈɡɹɛn.jə.lə(ɹ)/ (New-Zealand)
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Etymology

From Late Latin grānulum (“granule, little grain”), diminutive of Latin grānum (“grain, seed”), + -ar. By surface analysis, granule + -ar. Compare French granulaire.

Meanings

1. Consisting of, or resembling, granules or grains.
   • a granular substance
2. Grainy.
   • It has a granular structure
   • 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... 1790, Abraham Mills, Some Strata in Ireland and Scotland, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 80
3. (qualifier:transferred sense) Refined or precise.
   • This should allow for a more granular degree of control

Forms

Antonyms

nongranular · unfloury · nongrainy · unmealy · ungritty · nonparticulate · unpowdery · gaseous · nonpowdery · ungrainy · nondusty · fluidic

Coordinates

particulate

Deriveds

granularity · fibrogranular · transgranular · semigranular · pregranular · granular cell tumor · intergranular · dysgranular · multigranular · polygranular · nongranular · granularization · intragranular · granularly · microgranular · mesogranular · extragranular · supergranular · equigranular · granularisation · nanogranular · monogranular · macrogranular · reticulogranular · hypergranular · granularize · agranular · granularise · supragranular · infragranular · subgranular · perigranular · granular cheese · juxtagranular

Hypernyms

solid

Hyponyms

quasiparticulate · nanogranular · milled · furfuraceous · interparticulate · gritty · nanoparticulate · extragranular · farinaceous · floury · arenic · coarse-grained · powderlike · tophaceous · branny · powderous · comminuted · branlike · pulverized · sporous · flourlike · transgranular · dustlike · areniferous · sandlike · hypergranular · equigranular · ground · intragranular · arenose · dusty · crushed · mealy · pityroid · sandy · monogranular · fine-grained · powdery · triturated · arenaceous · ground down · microparticulate · pulverulent · arenarious · gritsome · microgranular · sabulous · subgranular

Relateds

fine · fine-grained · insubstantial · coarse-grained · granule · coarse · granulation · crumbly · granulate · grain

Synonyms

granuliform · grainy · granulous · corpuscular · granular · granulary · granulose · globular · particulate

Translations (19)

fi rakeinen (consisting of, or resembling, grains) · fr granuleux (consisting of, or resembling, grains) · uk гранульо́ваний (consisting of, or resembling, grains) · grc χονδρός (consisting of, or resembling, grains) · es granuloso (consisting of, or resembling, grains) · mi one (consisting of, or resembling, grains) · gl granuloso (consisting of, or resembling, grains) · hu szemcsés (consisting of, or resembling, grains) · ca granular (consisting of, or resembling, grains) · kmr danikî (consisting of, or resembling, grains) · fr granulaire (consisting of, or resembling, grains) · bg гранулиран (consisting of, or resembling, grains) · gl granular (consisting of, or resembling, grains) · ru зернистый (consisting of, or resembling, grains) · de körnig (consisting of, or resembling, grains) · bg зърнист (consisting of, or resembling, grains) · sv grynig (consisting of, or resembling, grains) · uk зерни́стий (consisting of, or resembling, grains) · pl ziarnisty (consisting of, or resembling, grains)