单词 | granular |
释义 | granularadj. 1. a. Consisting of grains or granules; existing in the condition of grains or granules. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [adjective] graineda1529 grainy1611 arenaceous1646 granulary1646 granulous1699 granular1794 granuliform1847 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 493 Mountains, which consist of lime stone or marble of a granular or scaly texture. 1823 W. Henry Elements Exper. Chem. (ed. 9) I. ix. 462 Steel is granular. 1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic xiii. 339 The fluid..leaves behind it a sort of granular residue. 1841 W. T. Brande Man. Chem. 682 Massive and granular gypsum is found in this country in the red marl or new red sandstone accompanying the salt-deposits in Cheshire. 1868 Daily Tel. 15 July Dynamite..is a solid granular explosive. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 935 To these granular zinc or finely divided copper is added. b. granular pearlite Metallurgy, a constituent of carbon steels produced by the disintegration of plates of pearlite into ferrite and spheres of cementite; divorced pearlite. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > steel > [noun] > constituents of steel pearlite1888 martensite1898 sorbite1900 troostite1902 granular pearlite1910 bainite1935 1910 C. H. Desch Metallogr. xvii. 372 The cementite forms granular masses or oval globules, surrounded by areas of ferrite. This granular pearlite may be of all degrees of coarseness. 1958 A. D. Merriman Dict. Metall. 115/1 Granular pearlite, a structure produced when pearlite steels are annealed for long periods at temperatures below, but approximating to, the lower critical point. 2. Having a granulated surface or structure. Pathology. Of diseased structures, diseases: = granulated adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [adjective] > wounded > proud flesh or granulation superflue?a1425 gravelous?1541 granulous1547 proud1607 fungous1634 luxuriant1661 luxurious1676 fungoid1820 granular1833 granulated1835 granulative1883 1833 C. Bell Hand (1834) 210 On the [foot] pads or cushions of the cat, the cuticle is rough and granular. 1874 G. Lawson Dis. Eye (ed. 2) 13 There is..one form of granular lids produced by vesicular granulations. 1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 374 A widespread granular or fatty degeneration of the tissues. 1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. viii. 303 Granular ophthalmia. 1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight v. 54 It [catarrhal ophthalmia]..may..end in the condition known as granular lids. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 373 Most frequently the granular kidney comes on insidiously with no early symptoms. 3. Of the nature of a granule or granules. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [adjective] > of the nature of a grain or granule granular1834 1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 177 Their [geckos'] skin is studded above with very small granular scales. 1867 J. Hogg Microscope (ed. 6) i. ii. 67 The granular particles seen among the pollen grains of plants. 1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 128 A series of raised granular but minute tubercles. Derivatives granuˈlarity n. granular condition or quality. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [noun] arenosity1687 granularity1882 1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 520 The apical cells of these internal rows are distinguished by their size and by the granularity of their protoplasm. 1894 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 41 24 Its surface being free from granularity or roughness. ˈgranularly adv. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < |
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