subgranular

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adjective

Somewhat or finely granular.

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Meanings

adjectivesubgranular (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSomewhat or finely granular.
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    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 quartz rock of the Lower Lickey and Caer Caradoc.

    1819, Transactions of the Geological Society, Volume the Fifth, Part the First, page 526

Origin

From sub- + granular.

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APA

subgranular. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subgranular

MLA

“subgranular.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subgranular. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subgranular,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subgranular.

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