granular — English Dictionary

Adjective

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

   Examples

   a granular substance

2. Grainy.

   Examples

   It has a granular structure

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   This Whyn Dyke is bare at the cliffs ſeveral yards in height, and is near nine feet in width. It conſiſts of an inner part of a granular and ſomewhat porous texture...

3. Refined or precise.

   Examples

   This should allow for a more granular degree of control

Adjective

1. composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency

   Synonyms

   farinaceouscoarse-grainedgrainygranulosegrittymealy

   Examples

   granular sugar

   the photographs were grainy and indistinct

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   it left a mealy residue

2. having a granular structure like that of chondrites

   Synonyms

   chondritic