granule

Borrowed from French granule or directly from Late Latin grānulum, diminutive of Latin grānum (“grain”);^[1] for more, see grain. By surface analysis, grain +‎ -ule.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæn.juːl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæn.jul/, /ˈɡɹæn.jəl/

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granule (plural granules)

1. A tiny grain, a small particle.
2. (biology) A small structure in a cell.
3. (geology) A particle from 2 to 4 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
4. (astronomy) a small mark in the photosphere of the sun caused by convection currents. See also Wikipedia:Granule (solar physics).

• “granule”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “granule”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

• langure, unregal

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• Homophones: granulent, granules

granule

1. inflection of granuler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

granule

1. inflection of granular:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative