For decades, frozen food meant granular fish sticks, cardboard crust pizzas and portion-controlled diet meals.
The study of granular materials has burgeoned over the past two decades or so.
granular casts are a sign of underlying kidney disease.
Use a complete granular rose fertilizer according to package instructions.
So go to a store that sells pool supplies and purchase granular chlorine.
In the past year, the trend on social networks has largely tended towards granular control of all shared content.
The information is as granular as individual counties and, for some cities, even zip codes.
granular account control lets users distinguish between family, friends, online acquaintances and professional contacts.
It's not granular enough, fast enough, close enough to the ground.
The granular formulations are widely available this spring.
British Dictionary definitions for granular
granular
/ˈɡrænjʊlə/
adjective
1.
of, like, containing, or resembling a granule or granules
2.
having a grainy or granulated surface
Derived Forms
granularly, adverb
Word Origin and History for granular
adj.
1794, from Late Latin granulum "granule," diminutive of Latin granum "grain, seed" (see corn (n.1)) + -ar. Replaced granulous (late 14c.). Related: Granularity.
granular in Medicine
granular gran·u·lar (grān'yə-lər) adj.
Composed or appearing to be composed of granules or grains.
Relating to or containing particles having a strong affinity for nuclear stains, as in certain bacteria.