granular

adjective

gran·​u·​lar ˈgran-yə-lər How to pronounce granular (audio)
1
: consisting of or appearing to consist of granules : grainy
2
: finely detailed
granular reports
granularity noun

Examples of granular in a Sentence

icy, granular snow makes for terrible skiing—if you can, ski on light, powdery snow
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Amazon’s Data Goldmine Amazon’s Retail Ad Service thrives on the company’s first-party data, which includes granular details about purchase histories, search behavior, wish lists, and even real-world actions captured through devices like Ring and Echo. Jason Snyder, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025 The roughly 300-page rule—the government’s first update to its definition of healthy in three decades—lays out in granular detail what does and doesn’t count as healthy. Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2025 Tropes operate at an even more granular level (bounty-hunter werewolves, space vampires). Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025 But beyond the usual talking points, TCL is really putting emphasis on its newly enhanced backlight technology: TCL has also upgraded to a Bi-directional 23-bit Backlight Controller, allowing granular control of over 65,000 levels of brightness for each LED. Chris Welch, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for granular 

Word History

Etymology

see granule

First Known Use

1762, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of granular was in 1762

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“Granular.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/granular. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

granular

adjective
gran·​u·​lar ˈgran-yə-lər How to pronounce granular (audio)
1
: consisting of grains
2
: having a grainy structure, feel, or appearance
granularity noun

Medical Definition

granular

adjective
gran·​u·​lar ˈgran-yə-lər How to pronounce granular (audio)
1
a
: consisting of or containing granules : having a grainy texture
b
: having granules with an affinity for specific biological stains
granular cytoplasm
2
: having or marked by granulations
granular tissue
granularity noun
plural granularities

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