GRANULATING

Verb

granulating

present participle of granulate

Source: Wiktionary


GRANULATE

Gran"u*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Granulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Granulating.] Etym: [See Granule.]

1. To form into grains or small masses; as, to granulate powder, sugar, or metal.

2. To raise in granules or small asperities; to make rough on the surface.

Gran"u*late, v. i.

Definition: To collect or be formed into grains; as, cane juice granulates into sugar.

Gran"u*late, Gran"u*la`ted, a.

1. Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular; as, granulated sugar.

2. Having numerous small elevations, as shagreen. Granulated steel, a variety of steel made by a particular process beginning with the granulation of pig iron.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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