granular

adjective

gran·​u·​lar ˈgran-yə-lər How to pronounce granular (audio)
1
: consisting of or appearing to consist of granules : grainy
2
: finely detailed
granular reports
granularity noun

Examples of granular in a Sentence

icy, granular snow makes for terrible skiing—if you can, ski on light, powdery snow
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Housed on a top-secret mainframe, these systems control, on a granular level, government payments that in their totality amount to more than a fifth of the US economy. Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 4 Feb. 2025 Zuckerberg hasn’t indicated any desire to interfere with Instagram moderation at a granular level, or do any other editing of political speech. Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2025 Conversation intelligence serves up data in dashboards that allow users to explore topics, trends and sources of customer friction at a granular level. Tom Lewis, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 This kind of granular maritime reconnaissance began in the 1960s, when the NRL developed a ship surveillance capability known as HULTEC, short for hull-to-emitter correlation. IEEE Spectrum, 21 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for granular 

Word History

Etymology

see granule

First Known Use

1762, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of granular was in 1762

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“Granular.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/granular. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

granular

adjective
gran·​u·​lar ˈgran-yə-lər How to pronounce granular (audio)
1
: consisting of grains
2
: having a grainy structure, feel, or appearance
granularity noun

Medical Definition

granular

adjective
gran·​u·​lar ˈgran-yə-lər How to pronounce granular (audio)
1
a
: consisting of or containing granules : having a grainy texture
b
: having granules with an affinity for specific biological stains
granular cytoplasm
2
: having or marked by granulations
granular tissue
granularity noun
plural granularities

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