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