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[ adjective ] composed of or covered with relatively large particles

Examples

"granular sugar" "gritty sand"

Used in print

(J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)

The surfaces were coarsely and finely granular and punctuated by clear , fluid filled cysts measuring up_to 3 cm. in diameter .

As shown in Figure 3 , the protoplasm of other fibers was pale , granular , or flocculated and invaded by phagocytes .

(Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)

To reinforce , and sometimes to replace , the simulated typography , Braque and Picasso began to mix sand and other foreign substances with their paint ; the granular texture thus created likewise called_attention_to the reality of the surface and was effective over much larger areas .

Related terms

coarse

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[ adjective ] having a granular structure like that of chondrites

Synonyms

chondritic

Related terms

achondritic

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