granulation

[gran-yuh-ley-shuhn]

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noun

the act or process of granulating.
a granulated condition.
any of the grains of a granulated surface.
Pathology.��
1. the formation of granulation tissue, especially in healing.
2. granulation tissue.
Astronomy.��one of the small, short-lived features of the sun's surface that in the aggregate give it a mottled appearance when viewed with a telescope.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of granulation¹

First recorded in 1606–15; granule + -ation

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The visit to the Victoria and Albert certainly had that effect, especially the jewelry rooms and one particular ancient gold Etruscan bowl decorated with an esoteric technique called granulation.

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Cloud first, blue sky thinking, granulation, growth hacking.

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The “granulation” of the title has a triple meaning here.

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Add sugar, and mix until there is no longer granulation to the sugar.

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The telescope also will let people one at a time view sunspots, prominences and granulations of the sun’s surface, Snyder said.

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