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granularity

UK/ˌɡɹæn.jəˈlæɹ.ə.ti/US/ˌɡɹæn.jəˈlɝ.ə.ti/

noun

What it means

  1. uncountableThe condition of being granular.

    By granularity we mean the length of time to execute a multitaskable segment of the original program on a single CPU. Granularity is measured in time units, rather than floating point operations, […]

    2012, Geerd-R. Hoffmann, David F. Snelling, Multiprocessing in Meteorological Models, page 57
  2. countableThe extent to which something is granular.

In a sentence

By granularity we mean the length of time to execute a multitaskable segment of the original program on a single CPU. Granularity is measured in time units, rather than floating point operations, […]

2012, Geerd-R. Hoffmann, David F. Snelling, Multiprocessing in Meteorological Models, page 57

Where it comes from

From granular + -ity.

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