Meanings
noungranulometry (countable and uncountable, plural granulometries)
plural granulometries
- countableuncountablegeographyThe measurement of the sizes of mineral grains in sedimentary rock.
- broadlycountableuncountableThe measurement of the size distribution in granular material.
Recent studies demonstrate that encapsulation of the healing agent provides successive repair by reducing the capsules’ diameter to the material granulometry [2] and by casting them through materials compatible to concrete (i.e., [3]).
2022 May 9, Eleni Tsangouri et al., “Reservoir-Vascular Tubes Network for Self-Healing Concrete: Performance Analysis by Acoustic Emission, Digital Image Correlation and Ultrasound Velocity”, in Applied Sciences, volume 12, number 10, →DOI, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2025
Origin
Translations
Greek κοκκομετρία
- κοκκομετρία (kokkometría)the measurement of the sizes of mineral grains in sedimentary rock
Italian granulometria
- granulometriathe measurement of the sizes of mineral grains in sedimentary rock
Portuguese granulometria
- granulometriathe measurement of the sizes of mineral grains in sedimentary rock
Romanian granulometrie
- granulometriethe measurement of the sizes of mineral grains in sedimentary rock
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