granulation
nounEtymology From Late Latin grānulum (“granule”) + -ation. Attested earlier than granule and granulate. By surface analysis, granulate + -ion.
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The formation of granules, or of cereal grains.
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The forming of metals into granules by pouring them through a sieve into water while hot.
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The condition of being granulated.
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Medicine, Sciences Granulated tissue on the surface of a healing wound; granulation tissue.
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Astronomy, Natural sciences A bright, transient granular marking on the Sun's photosphere.
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The attachment of granules of precious metal to underlying metal of jewellery.
- Derived terms
- degranulation, granulation tissue, hypergranulation, magnetogranulation, mesogranulation, overgranulation, regranulation, supergranulation
- Related terms
- grain, granular, granularity, granulate, granulatory, granule