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Granular

[gran-yuh-ler]

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adjective

of the nature of granules; grainy.

composed of or bearing granules or grains.

showing a granulated structure.

Origin:
1785–95; granule + -ar¹

Related forms

gran·u·lar·i·ty, noun

gran·u·lar·ly, adverb

mul·ti·gran·u·lar, adjective

non·gran·u·lar, adjective

sub·gran·u·lar, adjective

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sub·gran·u·lar·ly, adverb

sub·gran·u·lar·i·ty, noun

un·gran·u·lar, adjective

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Example Sentences

For decades, frozen food meant granular fish sticks, cardboard crust pizzas and portion-controlled diet meals.

Doing so depends on understanding the granular structure of the rock.

The pale granular topsoil crunches underfoot and emits effusions of smoke-fine dust.

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For decades, frozen food meant granular fish sticks, cardboard crust pizzas and portion-controlled diet meals.

Doing so depends on understanding the granular structure of the rock.

The pale granular topsoil crunches underfoot and emits effusions of smoke-fine dust.

The study of granular materials has burgeoned over the past two decades or so.

Use a spading fork to work a dry granular fertilizer into a new garden bed.

And given how granular the discussions over the course of the rest of the day were going to.

Granular casts are a sign of underlying kidney disease.

I'd be curious to see a more granular breakdown of the new elites.

The phenomenon by which large grains move up and small ones move down when shaking the can is called granular size separation.

Use a complete granular rose fertilizer according to package instructions.

Digital natives instead share information within certain contexts, and with granular privacy controls on that information.

Baka bana, fried ripe plantain spread with a tangy granular peanut sauce, is the best of appetizers.

So go to a store that sells pool supplies and purchase granular chlorine.

Apply a complete dry granular fertilizer, also using a spreader.

In the past year, the trend on social networks has largely tended towards granular control of all shared content.

Moscato d'Asti is the perfect dessert, although the granular ricotta cheese cake known as pastiera comes close.

The information is as granular as individual counties and, for some cities, even zip codes.

Sawchuck recommends using granular lime to raise the pH level.

Granular account control lets users distinguish between family, friends, online acquaintances and professional contacts.

There will still be a set of granular settings for the users who want detailed control of their information.

It's not granular enough, fast enough, close enough to the ground.

The granular formulations are widely available this spring.

Rebirth's trademark is loose precision, unruly at the granular level but cohesive on the whole.

The acid added can be a liquid muriatic acid or a granular acid.

From the black color of the stone and its granular quality it was obvious that the head and the torso were a perfect fit.

It is easy to see how he's become a pied piper of sorts, cultivating his public on a granular level.

Barnett's smaller, more granular ideas are the ones that catch your eye.

The company lets network managers create those policies with extremely granular controls over how their networks can be used.

Rendine marched back to the van, grabbed handfuls of granular larvicide from a bag in the back and tossed them into the puddle.

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World English Dictionary

granular (ˈɡrænjʊlə)

—*adj*
1.	of, like, containing, or resembling a granule or granules
2.	having a grainy or granulated surface

'granularly

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

granular

1794, from L.L. granulum "granule," dim. of L. granum "grain." Replaced granulous (14c.).

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

granular gran·u·lar (grān'yə-lər)
adj.

Composed or appearing to be composed of granules or grains.
Relating to or containing particles having a strong affinity for nuclear stains, as in certain bacteria.

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