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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. consisting of fine particles;
- Example: "powdered cellulose"
- Example: "powdery snow"
- Example: "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;
- Example: "close-grained birch"
- Example: "fine-grained rock"
[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]