intergranularadj.
/ɪntəˈɡranjʊlə/ Situated between or among granules, or between granular structures, as the inner nuclear layer of the retina. Also, occurring between granules or grains; intercrystalline.
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the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > position of being among > [adjective] > among granules
intergranular1875
1875 H. Walton Pract. Treat. Dis. Eye (ed. 3) p. xxviii The granular and intergranular layers are absent.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 392 Fat cells, which are found most abundantly in the granular and intergranular layers of the retina.
1932 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 125 680 Intergranular corrosion of a chromium-nickel steel.
1946 Nature 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.
1962 Sci. Surv. 3 329 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.
1971 Nature 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.
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