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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency;
- Example: "granular sugar"
- Example: "the photographs were grainy and indistinct"
- Example: "it left a mealy residue"
[syn: farinaceous, coarse-grained, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty, mealy]

2. having a granular structure like that of chondrites;
[syn: chondritic, granular]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

granular \gran"u*lar\ (gr[a^]n"[-u]*l[~e]r), a. [Cf. F.
   granulaire. See Granule.]
   Consisting of, or resembling, grains; as, a granular
   substance.
   [1913 Webster]

   granular limestone, crystalline limestone, or marble,
      having a granular structure.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

granular
    adj 1: composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in
           texture or consistency; "granular sugar"; "the
           photographs were grainy and indistinct"; "it left a mealy
           residue" [syn: farinaceous, coarse-grained, grainy,
           granular, granulose, gritty, mealy]
    2: having a granular structure like that of chondrites [syn:
       chondritic, granular] [ant: achondritic]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

44 Moby Thesaurus words for "granular":
   arenaceous, arenarious, atomic, breccial, brecciated, coarse,
   coarse-grained, comminuted, corpuscular, cross-grained, embryonic,
   evanescent, germinal, grained, grainy, granulate, granulated,
   gravelly, gritty, gross, impalpable, imperceptible, imponderable,
   inappreciable, indiscernible, infinitesimal, intangible, invisible,
   microcosmic, microscopic, molecular, pebbled, pebbly, rough,
   sabulous, sandy, shingled, shingly, subatomic, tenuous, thin,
   ultramicroscopic, unrefined, unseeable