granularity
nounUK /ˌɡɹæn.jəˈlæɹ.ə.ti/ · US /ˌɡɹæn.jəˈlɝ.ə.ti/
Etymology From granular + -ity.
1
The condition of being granular.
- By granularity we mean the length of time to execute a multitaskable segment of the original program on a single CPU. Granularity is measured in time units, rather than floating point operations, […]2012, Geerd-R. Hoffmann, David F. Snelling, Multiprocessing in Meteorological Models, page 57:
2
The extent to which something is granular.
- Derived terms
- equigranularity, hypergranularity, microgranularity, multigranularity
- Related terms
- granulate, granulation, granule