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Grammar : Noun

Spell : gran-yool

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgræn yul

Definition of granule

Origin : 1650s, from French granule or directly from Late Latin granulum "small grain," diminutive of Latin granum "grain" (see corn (n.1)).

As in dust : noun tiny particles in the air
As in grain : noun seed, piece

Example sentences :

When a variole, tubercle, granule, &c. has a depression in its centre.
Extract from : « An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. IV (of 4) » by William Kirby

But no power that we could employ was capable of detecting a granule in it.
Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XIX, No. 470, Jan. 3, 1885 » by Various

In the upper portions of the glacier movement due to pressure probably takes place by the gliding of one granule over another.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 » by Various

The size of the individual granules is constant in any animal species for every kind of granule—excepting only the mast cells.
Extract from : « Histology of the Blood » by Paul Ehrlich

For a peripheral layer is plainly distinguishable from the central part of the granule.
Extract from : « Histology of the Blood » by Paul Ehrlich

This granule is the water bottle drained to the last drop, is the nurse's breast emptied of all its contents.
Extract from : « The Life of the Fly » by J. Henri Fabre

With intense dry heat, as in toasting, the granule expands and opens, and the contents change to dextrin.
Extract from : « Foods and Household Management » by Helen Kinne

The cyst in which they lie is filled with creamy substance made up of spores and granule matter.
Extract from : « A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2) » by David Starr Jordan

The similarity in the pictures ought to serve as a proof of the near relation of the granule form and non-granule varieties.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Long Life » by Loudon Douglas

According to him the granule formation is rather variable, and may be induced or suppressed by cultural methods.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Long Life » by Loudon Douglas

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