granulation
The English word “granulation” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- The formation of granules, or of cereal grains.
- The forming of metals into granules by pouring them through a sieve into water while hot.
- The condition of being granulated.
- Granulated tissue on the surface of a healing wound; granulation tissue.
- A bright, transient granular marking on the Sun's photosphere.
- The attachment of granules of precious metal to underlying metal of jewellery.
Etymology
From Late Latin grānulum (“granule”) + -ation. Attested earlier than granule and granulate. By surface analysis, granulate + -ion.
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