granulation
English
Etymology
granulate + -ion
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
granulation (countable and uncountable, plural granulations)
- The formation of granules, or of cereal grains.
- The forming of metals into granules by pouring them through a sieve into water while hot.
- (uncountable) The condition of being granulated.
- (medicine) Granulated tissue on the surface of a healing wound; granulation tissue.
- (astronomy) A bright, transient granular marking on the Sun's photosphere.
- 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
Translations
formation of granules
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condition of being granulated
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tissue
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astronomy: marking on the Sun
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attachment of granules of precious metal
French
Pronunciation
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Noun
granulation f (plural granulations)
- granulation
Further reading
- “granulation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.