'granular' definitions:
Definition of 'granular'
From: WordNet
adjective
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]
adjective
Having a granular structure like that of chondrites [syn: chondritic, granular] [ant: achondritic]
Definition of 'granular'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'granular'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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