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icy, granular snow makes for terrible skiing—if you can, ski on light, powdery snow
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The phenomenon, known as granular jamming, has long fascinated physicists who study how materials like sand and coffee grounds can switch from flowing freely to becoming rigid under pressure.
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
Climate Central’s version of the database will be more granular than the government’s, tracking events that do as little as $100 million worth of damage and scrutinizing wildfires more closely, logging individual blazes as opposed to seasonal regional figures, as the government does.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
That can fill a critical gap in the data needed for validating storm surge models at granular levels.
—Navid Tahvildari, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2025
Parker’s tweaks can be as granular as adjusting the bass note in a chord.
—Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
Climate Central’s version of the database will be more granular than the government’s, tracking events that do as little as $100 million worth of damage and scrutinizing wildfires more closely, logging individual blazes as opposed to seasonal regional figures, as the government does.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
That can fill a critical gap in the data needed for validating storm surge models at granular levels.
—Navid Tahvildari, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2025
Parker’s tweaks can be as granular as adjusting the bass note in a chord.
—Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Granular.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/granular. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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granular
adjective
gran·u·lar
ˈgran-yə-lər 
1
: consisting of grains
2
: having a grainy structure, feel, or appearance
Medical Definition
granular
adjective
gran·u·lar
ˈgran-yə-lər
1
a
: consisting of or containing granules : having a grainy texture
b
: having granules with an affinity for specific biological stains
granular cytoplasm
2
: having or marked by granulations
granular tissue
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