Fine Grained

Word FINE GRAINED
Character 12
Hyphenation fine-grained
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Fine Grained"

What do we mean by fine grained?

Having a fine, smooth, even grain. adjective

Marginally different or subtle. adjective

Consisting of fine particles. adjective

Dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells. adjective

Involving careful consideration of details and fine distinctions; -- of conceptual schemas. adjective

Consisting of fine particles adjective

Having a fine, smooth texture adjective

Detailed adjective

Dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells adjective

Consisting of fine particles adjective

Consisting of fine particles.

Having a fine, smooth texture.

Highly detailed.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Fine Grained

The word "fine-grained" in example sentences

"Our intent with the DSM-5 is to make it a much more fine-tuned, fine-grained system so that we have a better assessment with repeated research, like we have for blood pressure or cholesterol estimates." ❋ Allen Frances (2012)

When pollsters drill down with fine-grained questions, support for full repeal plummets. ❋ Greg Sargent (2011)

While the global models do a good job of simulating global trends in temperature, they often do poorly on fine-grained regional projections. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"The ash in Eyjafjallajokull was persistent or unremitting and fine-grained," Einarsson said. ❋ The Huffington Post News Editors (2011)

The rock here is a porphyritic granite (porhyritic meaning that the stone has large-grained crystals, such as feldspar or quartz, dispersed in a fine-grained feldspathic matrix or groundmass). ❋ Greygirlbeast (2010)

The new Mini-SAR image shows that this material is also dark in radar reflectivity, exactly what would be expected from a fine-grained, block-free deposit. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Alabaster is a fine-grained form of gypsum whose name is said to derive from the Egyptian town of Alabastron, where it was quarried in ancient times. ❋ Barrymore Laurence Scherer (2012)

More fine-grained analyses of the data, for example, show considerable differences in the impact of male job loss across lines of class, race, age, and region; not all men have been affected equally by the downturn, nor women for that matter, suggesting at the very least that there is more to the so-called gender gap than meets the eye. ❋ Alice O (2010)

Among the world's major languages, none surpasses ours in its capacity to connote and convey nuances, fine-grained distinctions and subtleties -- the sorts of linguistic trickeration that help us avoid conflict while resolving disagreements about touchy subjects. ❋ Tony Phillips (2011)

Yet for intellectuals as diverse as music critic Greil Marcus and historian Sean Wilentz, he is a subject fit for fine-grained, extended study. ❋ David Yezzi (2011)

In the 17th century, the scientific revolution gave rise to a group of artists who dedicated themselves to depicting nature in all of its fine-grained particulars. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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