granulation

See also: Granulation

English

Etymology

From Late Latin grānulum (“granule”) +‎ -ation. Attested earlier than granule and granulate. By surface analysis, granulate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

granulation (countable and uncountable, plural granulations)

2. The formation of granules, or of cereal grains.
   1. The forming of metals into granules by pouring them through a sieve into water while hot.
4. (uncountable) The condition of being granulated.
6. (medicine) Granulated tissue on the surface of a healing wound; granulation tissue.
8. (astronomy) A bright, transient granular marking on the Sun's photosphere.
10. The attachment of granules of precious metal to underlying metal of jewellery.

Derived terms

• degranulation
• granulation tissue
• hypergranulation
• magnetogranulation
• mesogranulation
• overgranulation
• regranulation
• supergranulation

 

Related terms

• grain
• granular
• granularity
• granulate
• granulatory
• granule

Translations

formation of granules

• Bulgarian: гранулиране n (granulirane)
• Finnish: rakeistaminen (fi), rakeistuminen

condition of being granulated

• Bulgarian: зърнистост f (zǎrnistost)
• Finnish: rakeisuus (fi)

tissue

• Finnish: rupi (fi)

astronomy: marking on the Sun

• Finnish: granula (fi)
• Greek: κοκκίαση (el) f (kokkíasi)

attachment of granules of precious metal

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

granulation f (plural granulations)

1. granulation

Further reading

• “granulation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.