granulometry en · NOUN
Etymology
From granule + -o- + -metry.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) The measurement of the sizes of mineral grains in sedimentary rock.
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(broadly, countable, uncountable) The measurement of the size distribution in granular material.
Recent studies demonstrate that encapsulation of the healing agent provides successive repair by reducing the capsules’ diameter to the material granulometry [2] and by casting them through materials compatible to concrete (i.e., [3]).
2022 May 9, Eleni Tsangouri et al., “Reservoir-Vascular Tubes Network for Self-Healing Concrete: Performance Analysis by Acoustic Emission, Digital Image Correlation and Ultrasound Velocity”, in Applied Sciences, volume 12, number 10, →DOI, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2025:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| granulometries | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (4)
ro granulometrie (the measurement of the sizes of mineral grains in sedimentary rock) · pt granulometria (the measurement of the sizes of mineral grains in sedimentary rock) · el κοκκομετρία (the measurement of the sizes of mineral grains in sedimentary rock) · it granulometria (the measurement of the sizes of mineral grains in sedimentary rock)