granulation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The formation of granules, or of cereal grains.
The forming of metals into granules by pouring them through a sieve into water while hot.
The condition of being granulated.
Granulated tissue on the surface of a healing wound; granulation tissue.
A bright, transient granular marking on the Sun's photosphere.
The attachment of granules of precious metal to underlying metal of jewellery.

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granulation granulations

From Late Latin grānulum (“granule”) + -ation. Attested earlier than granule and granulate. By surface analysis, granulate + -ion.

grain granular granularity granulate granulatory granule

degranulation granulation tissue hypergranulation magnetogranulation mesogranulation overgranulation regranulation supergranulation

Bulgarian: гранулиране Catalan: granulació Finnish: rakeistaminen Finnish: rakeistuminen French: granulation Polish: granulacja

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