GRANULIFORM

Etymology

Adjective

granuliform (comparative more granuliform, superlative most granuliform)

(mineralogy) Having a granular structure.

Source: Wiktionary


Gra*nu"li*form, a. Etym: [Granule + -form.] (Min.)

Definition: Having a granular structure; granular; as, granuliform limestone.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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OBLIQUE

(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”


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