释义 |
intergranular, a.|-ˈgrænjʊlə(r)| [inter- 4 a.] Situated between or among granules, or between granular structures, as the inner nuclear layer of the retina. Also, occurring between granules or grains; intercrystalline.
1875H. Walton Dis. Eye p. xxviii, The granular and intergranular layers are absent. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. IV. 392 Fat cells, which are found most abundantly in the granular and intergranular layers of the retina. 1932Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. CXXV. 680 Intergranular corrosion of a chromium-nickel steel. 1946Nature 24 Aug. 275/1 It is suggested that the migrations responsible for metasomatism occur partly by ionic diffusion through the crystal lattices and partly by molecular and/or ionic diffusion through the interstices (‘intergranular film’ of Wegmann) between the minerals. 1962Science Survey III. 329 The final failure of the metal is essentially mechanical and it usually occurs by the propagation, through the body of the metal, of intercrystalline (or intergranular) cracks. 1971Nature 30 July 327/1 It is quite likely that fluids have been able to flow through these rocks by means of both intergranular and fracture channels. |