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Definition of Coarse-grained
1. Adjective. Composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency. "It left a mealy residue"
Similar to: Coarse, Harsh
Derivative terms: Grain, Graininess, Grain, Granularity, Grit
2. Adjective. Not having a fine texture. "Large-grained sand"
Definition of Coarse-grained
1. Adjective. Having a coarse, irregular texture ¹
2. Adjective. Consisting of coarse particles ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coarse-grained
Literary usage of Coarse-grained
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin (1906)
"coarse-grained, thick-bedded dolomite 3 9. coarse-grained, thick-bedded ...
coarse-grained, thick-bedded dolomite with 3 shaly bands, J£ to 4 inches thick. ..."
2. Engineering Geology: By Heinrich Ries and Thomas L. Watson by Heinrich Ries, Thomas Leonard Watson (1914)
"Granites and other coarse-grained acidic igneous rocks. ... The percentage of
wear is about the same as the coarse-grained basic rocks. ..."
3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1919)
"All rates of heating requiring more than 10 sec. to reach 3100° C. will produce
coarse-grained structures in these 0.080-in. rods. ..."
4. The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America: Or, The Culture, Propagation, and by Andrew Jackson Downing (1855)
"Flesh yellowish-white, a little coarse grained, especially at the core, but rich,
sugary, half melting, and in good specimens, buttery and delicious. ..."
5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1897)
"... than in winter. evaporation increases with increase in the proportion of h«mu»
in the soil, and diminishes as the soil is sandy and coarse-grained. ..."
6. Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry: A Course of Laboratory and Classroom Study by Arthur Alphonzo Blanchard (1910)
"FILTERING; COLLECTING PRECIPITATES (a) A coarse-grained crystal meal can best be
collected in a filter funnel in which a perforated porcelain plate is ..."
7. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1888)
"In more than 220 hand specimens examined in the preparation of this article not
a single one represents a coarse grained porphyry from the top of a hill, ..."
8. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1906)
"coarse-grained rocks are vaguely described as very coarse, or extremely coarse,
without any indication of the actual degree of granularity. ..."
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