Meaning of GRANULAR
| Pronunciation: | | 'granyulur
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- [adj] having a granular structure like that of chondrites
- [adj] composed of or covered with relatively large particles; "granular sugar"; "gritty sand"
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| | Synonyms: | | chondritic, coarse, coarse-grained, farinaceous, grainy, granulose, gritty, mealy, sandy |
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| | Antonyms: | | achondritic | | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Gran"u*lar\, a. [Cf. F. granulaire. See {Granule}.]
Consisting of, or resembling, grains; as, a granular
substance.
{Granular limestone}, crystalline limestone, or marble,
having a granular structure.
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| | Related Terms: | | arenaceous, arenarious, atomic, breccial, brecciated, coarse, coarse-grained, comminuted, corpuscular, cross-grained, embryonic, evanescent, germinal, grained, grainy, granulate, granulated, gravelly, gritty, gross, impalpable, imperceptible, imponderable, inappreciable, indiscernible, infinitesimal, intangible, invisible, microcosmic, microscopic, molecular, pebbled, pebbly, rough, sabulous, sandy, shingled, shingly, subatomic, tenuous, thin, ultramicroscopic, unrefined, unseeable |
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