Granular

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  granular \gran"u*lar\ (gr[a^]n"[-u]*l[~e]r), a. [Cf. F.
     granulaire. See {Granule}.]
     Consisting of, or resembling, grains; as, a granular
     substance.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     {granular limestone}, crystalline limestone, or marble,
        having a granular structure.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  granular
       adj 1: composed of or covered with relatively large particles;
              "granular sugar"; "gritty sand" [syn: {farinaceous}, {coarse-grained},
               {grainy}, {granulose}, {gritty}, {mealy}, {sandy}]
       2: having a granular structure like that of chondrites [syn: {chondritic}]
          [ant: {achondritic}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "granular":
     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