microgranular

English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ granular.

Adjective

microgranular (not comparable)

1. Relating to, or composed of microgranules
   • 2015, Morgan Hiraiwa, Maroun Abi Ghanem, Samuel P. Wallen, Amey Khanolkar, Alexei A. Maznev, Nicholas Boechler, “Complex contact-based dynamics of microsphere monolayers revealed by resonant attenuation of surface acoustic waves”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     This study paves the way for investigating complex contact-based dynamics of microgranular media, demonstrates a novel acoustic metamaterial, and yields a new approach to studying micro- to nanoscale contact mechanics in multiparticle networks..

Antonyms

• macrogranular