granulatedadj.
/ˈɡranjʊleɪtɪd/ In senses of the verb.
1. (a) Of metals, sugar, gunpowder, etc.: Formed into granules. (b) Consisting of granules, or grainlike bodies.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [adjective] > formed into granules
corned1577
pearled1600
granulated1694
sanded1897
1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. ix. 545/1 Refined granulated Silver.
1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Corn setting Engine A rich compost..such as dry or granulated pigeon's dung.
1806 J. Galpine Synoptical Compend Brit. Bot. 55 Fruit granulated.
1814 Sporting Mag. 44 151 A quantity of granulated powder.
1830–7 W. Macgillivray Withering's Brit. Plants (ed. 4) 7 A Granulated Root consists of numerous small bulbs or scales strung together.
1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (1849) xxxvii. 434 Many [nebulæ] have a granulated appearance.
1842 E. A. Parnell Elements Chem. Anal. (1845) 3 Prepared by boiling granulated tin..with concentrated hydrochloric acid.
1853 A. Soyer Pantropheon 217 There are two sorts of caviar: granulated caviar, and sack caviar.
1859 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 189 The latter [sugar] is generally made of granulated honey.
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Granulated-steel. Melted pig-iron is scattered by a wheel into a cistern of water, and thus reduced to fragments. These are imbedded in powdered hematite or sparry iron ore, and subjected to furnace heat.
1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 391 Granulated malt extract dissolved in milk constitutes a grateful variety of readily digestible food.
2.
a. Having the surface raised in granules or small prominences. granulated glass, a kind of roughened glass used in stained windows.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective] > rough > having a rough surface
frosted1642
grainish1653
granulated1677
granulate1793
ruckly1923
1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 140 The one plain and smooth, the other granulated on the out-side.
1758 R. Griffiths Descr. Thames 216 The Turbot has a rough granulated Skin full of exceeding small Prickles.
1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. v. 72 It would be too much to assert that the skin of the dog fish was made rough and granulated on purpose for the polishing of wood.
1821 W. M. Craig Lect. Drawing iv. 200 Chisseled..to represent..the granulated surface of the human skin.
1863 M. J. Berkeley Handbk. Brit. Mosses iii. 15 In some genera the walls of the cells..are strongly granulated.
1877 C. W. Thomson Voy. ‘Challenger’ I. iv. 256 The surface of the carapace is granulated, not spiny.
1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 61 The whole is overlaid with funiform wire ornaments and granulated work.
1894 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 41 28 A granular-surfaced or granulated paper.
b. Having the appearance of being raised in granules; mottled.
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1885 A. M. Clerke Pop. Hist. Astron. 210 The term ‘granulated’, suggested by Dawes in 1864, best describes the mottled aspect of the solar disc.
3. Pathology. Characterized by the presence of granulations or small grain-like bodies; = granular adj.
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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
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 426/2 A man who was found on post-mortem examination to have granulated kidneys.
1896 Daily News 3 Apr. 5/6 The astounding statement that ‘granulated ophthalmia is chiefly a pauper disease’.
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