granular Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
    gritty; grainy; farinaceous; mealy; coarse-grained; granulose.
    • granular sugar
    • the photographs were grainy and indistinct
    • it left a mealy residue
  2. adjective having a granular structure like that of chondrites
    chondritic.

WordNet

Gran"u*lar adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. granulaire. See Granule.
Definitions
  1. Consisting of, or resembling, grains; as, a granular substance.

Webster 1913