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granular
English
Etymology
From granule +? -ar. Compare French granulaire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???æn.j?.l?(?)/
Adjective
granular (comparative more granular, superlative most granular)
- Consisting of, or resembling, granules or grains
- a granular substance
- grainy
- It has a granular structure
- 1790, Abraham Mills, Some Strata in Ireland and Scotland, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 80
- This Whyn Dyke is bare at the cliffs ?everal yards in height, and is near nine feet in width. It con?i?ts of an inner part of a granular and ?omewhat porous texture...
Usage notes
- It is common to speak of things being "more granular" or "less granular", but this is potentially confusing: something "granular" is composed of small, discrete entities as opposed to being continuous, which is primarily a binary distinction, not a matter of degree. Moreover, it is unclear if "more granular" and "less granular" indicate finer or coarser granularity. For example, granular sugar is so called because it consists of relatively large grains, in contrast with powdered sugar, so "more granular" sugar might be coarser, like a grainier or "more granular" photograph with larger and thus more visible grains. In other cases, "more granular" indicates finer, more plentiful grains or divisions. For clarity, one can refer specifically to finer or coarser granularity. In the superlative, one may refer to finest or coarsest granularity.
Synonyms
- granulous; see also Thesaurus:granular
Derived terms
- granularity
Related terms
- coarse-grained
- fine-grained
- grain
- granulate
- granulation
- granule
Translations
References
- granular in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- granular in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Merriam-Webster OnLine 2008
Interlingua
Adjective
granular (not comparable)
- granular (in the shape of grains)
Romanian
Etymology
From French granulaire
Adjective
granular m or n (feminine singular granular?, masculine plural granulari, feminine and neuter plural granulare)
- granular
Declension
Spanish
Adjective
granular (plural granulares)
- granular
Verb
granular (first-person singular present granulo, first-person singular preterite granulé, past participle granulado)
- to granulate
Conjugation
granular From the web:
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gradation
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French gradation.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /????de???n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /????de???n/, /???e??de???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
gradation (countable and uncountable, plural gradations)
- A sequence of gradual, successive stages; a systematic progression.
- A passing by small degrees from one tone or shade, as of color, to another.
- Synonym: nuance
- The act of gradating or arranging in grades.
- Any degree or relative position in an order or series.
- 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening
- the several gradations of the intelligent universe
- 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening
- (countable) A calibration marking.
- (music) A gradual change within one parameter, or an overlapping of two blocks of sound.
- (music) A diatonic succession of chords.
- (phonetics) Apophony.
Translations
Verb
gradation (third-person singular simple present gradations, present participle gradationing, simple past and past participle gradationed)
- (transitive) To form with gradations.
See also
- graduation
References
- DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ?ISBN.
Anagrams
- adorating, indagator, tanagroid
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin grad?ti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??a.da.sj??/
Noun
gradation f (plural gradations)
- gradation
Usage notes
Not to be confused with graduation.
References
- “gradation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
gradation From the web:
- what graduation class am i
- what graduation rate is good
- what graduation means
- what graduation cords mean
- what graduation cords can you get
- what graduations does the tape have
- what graduation means to me
- what graduation rate means
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