[syn: close-grained, fine-grained]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
fine-grained \fine-grained\ adj.
1. consisting of fine particles.
Syn: powdered, powdery, pulverized, small-grained.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood
composed of small-diameter cells.
Syn: close-grained.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. involving careful consideration of details and fine
distinctions; -- of conceptual schemas; as, fine-grained
distinctions.
Syn: detailed.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fine-grained
adj 1: consisting of fine particles; "powdered cellulose";
"powdery snow"; "pulverized sugar is prepared from
granulated sugar by grinding" [syn: powdered,
powdery, pulverized, pulverised, small-grained,
fine-grained]
2: dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed
of small-diameter cells; "close-grained birch"; "fine-grained
rock" [syn: close-grained, fine-grained]