different between granular vs acinose
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:
- what granular means
- what's granular disintegration
- what's granular soil
- what's granular fill
- what's granular control
- what's granular structure
- what granular noise
- what's granular texture
acinose
English
Alternative forms
- acinous
Etymology
Latin acinosus, from acinus (“grapestone”).
Adjective
acinose (not comparable)
- Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions.
- acinose glands
Anagrams
- Asencio, icosane
Italian
Adjective
acinose
- feminine plural of acinoso
Latin
Adjective
acin?se
- vocative masculine singular of acin?sus
acinose From the web:
- what does antinoise mean
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