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subgranular

subgranular adjective: somewhat or finely granular.

Adjective

subgranular (not comparable)

  1. Somewhat or finely granular.
    • They present the same glassy brilliancy of fracture, the same gradation from compact, through subgranular and granular, to sandy structure, the same small crystals of decomposing felspar disseminated throughout, and occasionally the same traces of lines of stratification, which characterise the...1819, Transactions of the Geological Society, Volume the Fifth, Part the First, page 526

Origin of subgranular

From sub- + granular.

Words formed from subgranular

Questions about subgranular

What does subgranular mean?
Subgranular means somewhat or finely granular.
What part of speech is subgranular?
Subgranular is an adjective.

Words near subgranular in the dictionary

  1. subgranted
  2. subgrantee
  3. subgrantees
  4. subgranting
  5. subgrants
  6. subgranular
  7. subgranularly
  8. subgranule
  9. subgranules
  10. subgranulose
  11. subgraph

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