different between granule vs oolith

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin granulum, diminutive of Latin granum (“grain”); for more, see grain.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???anju?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???ænjul/, /???ænj?l/

Noun

granule (plural granules)

1. A tiny grain, a small particle.
2. (biology) A small structure in a cell.
3. (geology) A particle from 2 to 4 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
4. (astronomy) a small mark in the photosphere of the sun caused by convection currents. See also Wikipedia:Granule (solar physics).

Related terms

• grain
• granular
• granularity
• granulate
• granulation

Translations

Further reading

• granule in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• granule in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• langure, unregal

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: granulent, granules

Verb

granule

1. first-person singular present indicative of granuler
2. third-person singular present indicative of granuler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of granuler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of granuler
5. second-person singular imperative of granuler

Spanish

Verb

granule

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of granular.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of granular.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of granular.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of granular.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin oolithus; the Latin word was coined by the German doctor and mineralogist Franz Ernst Brückmann (1697–1753) as a translation of German Rogenstein (“oolite”) (Rogen (“fish roe”) + Stein (“stone”)). Oolithus is derived from Ancient Greek ??? (?ión, “egg; seed”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?ew- (“to clothe oneself, dress; to be dressed”), in the sense of a bird being clothed in feathers) + ?????? (líthos, “a stone; stone as a substance”) (see further at that entry), analysable as oo- +? -lith.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????l??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?o???l??/
• Hyphenation: oo?lith

Noun

oolith (plural ooliths)

1. (geology) A spherical granule of which oolite is composed, formed by concentric accretion of thin layers of a mineral (usually calcium carbonate (limestone) but also others such as dolomite and silica) around a core; an ooid.

   Synonym: (rare) oolite

2. (rare) Oolite.

Related terms

• oolite
• oolithic
• oolitic
• oolitiferous (obsolete)

Translations

References

Further reading

• ooid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Robert L. Bates; Julia A. Jackson (1980) , M. Gary, R. McAfee, Jr., and C.L. Wolf, editors, Glossary of Geology, 2nd edition, Falls Church, Va.: American Geological Institute, ?ISBN.

Anagrams

• tholoi