Meaning

3 senses

  1. Consisting of, or resembling, granules or grains.

    a granular substance

    körnig

    зернистыйzernistyj

    зерни́стийzernýstyj, гранульо́ванийhranulʹóvanyj

  2. Grainy.

    It has a granular structure

  3. Refined or precise.

    This should allow for a more granular degree of control

More definitions
  • having a granular structure like that of chondrites
  • composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Desert lizards have fine, granular dorsal scales.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CM · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. Sugar is sugar — whether in fruit or granular form.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · Eccles17 · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. I really enjoy the fine, granular control of formatting provided by LaTeX.

    deDie feingliedrige Kontrolle über die Formatierung, die einem LaTeX ermöglicht, gefällt mir sehr.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · Auride · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
consisting of, or resembling, grains:
Русский
By meaning 1
consisting of, or resembling, grains:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
consisting of, or resembling, grains:

Origin

From Late Latin grānulum (“granule, little grain”), diminutive of Latin grānum (“grain, se

From Late Latin grānulum (“granule, little grain”), diminutive of Latin grānum (“grain, seed”), + -ar. By surface analysis, granule + -ar. Compare French granulaire.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

more granular, most granular
Comparativemore granular Lesson
Superlativemost granular Lesson

regular

Synonyms

14 synonyms
granulouscorpuscularglobulargrainygranularygranuliformgranuloseparticulate
Close in meaning

Antonyms

12 antonyms
fluidicgaseousnondustynongrainynongranularnonparticulatenonpowderyunflouryungrainyungrittyunmealyunpowdery

Word family

41 related words
RelatedgrainB2coarseB2fineA1coarse-grainedfine-grainedgranulategranulationgranulecrumblyinsubstantialgranularity
Derivedagranulardysgranularequigranularextragranularfibrogranulargranular cheesegranularizationgranularizegranularlyhypergranularinfragranularintergranularintragranularjuxtagranularmacrogranularmesogranularmicrogranularmonogranularmultigranularnanogranularnongranularperigranularpolygranularpregranular

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
grantB1grantedgranulegrapeA1
granular — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto