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fine-grained (-grānd′)

adjective

having a fine, smooth grain, as some kinds of woods, leather, etc.

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fine-grained Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • sediment: Transport and escape of fine-grained sediment from shelf areas.

Modifying Another Word

  • very: On the NE margin there are minor injections of a very fine-grained material.

Used with adjective complement

  • provide: Methods for studying social interaction such as Conversational Analysis and Discourse Analysis would provide too fine-grained an analysis for the purposes of requirements gathering.
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