granule
UK/ˈɡɹæn.juːl//ˈɡɹæn.jul/
granule noun: a tiny grain, a small particle.
Noun
granule (plural granules)
- A tiny grain, a small particle.
- A small structure in a cell.
- A particle from 2 to 4 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
- a small mark in the photosphere of the sun caused by convection currents. See also Wikipedia:Granule (solar physics).
granule meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
granule in Tamil
- குருணை, சிறுமணி, பரல், மணியுரு, துகள், மணித்துகள்
granule in Urdu
- باریک دانہ, دقیقہ, ذرہ
granule in Malayalam
- grain, particle, fragment
- തരി, മണി, കണം, കണിക, ലഘുബീജം, ചൂർണ്ണകം
granule in Kannada
- ಕಿರುಕಾಳು, ಸಣ್ಣಕಾಳು, ಕಣ, ಹರಳು
More languagesFewer languages
- granule in Tagalog
- binutil
- granule in Persian
- دانژه dânže
Examples of granule in a sentence
- The key task of approximating with granules is seeking for the tightest envelope for the approximand.
- Disposable nappies contain superabsorber granules which are made of a chemical which swells to absorb the urine.
- Production of rubber granules, or crumb, is well-established in this country.
Forms of granule
| plural | granules |
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Origin of granule
Borrowed from French granule or directly from Late Latin grānulum, diminutive of Latin grānum (“grain”); for more, see grain. By surface analysis, grain + -ule.
Words formed from granule
- agranulocyte
- agranulosis
- anti-bumping granule
- antibumping granule
- Birbeck granule
- Fordyce granule
- Fordyce's granule
- granule cell
- granuliferous
- granuliform
- granulin
- granulite
- granulize
- granuloblast
- granulocyte
- granuloma
- granulometer
- granulometry
- granulopenia
- granulopoiesis
- granulose
- granzyme
- lamellar granule
- mesogranule
- microgranule
- nanogranule
- Nissl granule
- pollen granule
- subgranule
- supergranule
Phrases with granule
Questions about granule
- What does granule mean?
- Granule means a tiny grain, a small particle.
- What is granule in Tamil?
- Granule in Tamil is குருணை, சிறுமணி, பரல். See Granule meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is granule?
- Granule is a noun.
- How do you pronounce granule?
- Granule is pronounced /ˈɡɹæn.juːl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of granule?
- The plural of granule is granules.
Words near granule in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: granule (page history and authors); granule (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); granule (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); granule (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); granule (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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