noun
Meaning 1
A tiny grain, a small particle.
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noun
A tiny grain, a small particle.
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noun
A small structure in a cell.
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Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
A particle from 2 to 4 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
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Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
a small mark in the photosphere of the sun caused by convection currents. See also Wikipedia:Granule (solar physics).
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Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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noun
a tiny grain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: grain
Narrower terms: microsome, chondrule, plastid
History
Borrowed from French granule or directly from Late Latin grānulum, diminutive of Latin grānum (“grain”); for more, see grain. By surface analysis, grain + -ule.
Across languages
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.