Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small grain or pellet; a particle.
- noun Geology A rock or mineral fragment larger than a sand grain and smaller than a pebble, between 2 and 4 millimeters in diameter.
- noun Astronomy One of the small, transient, luminous markings in the photosphere of the sun.
- noun Biology A cellular or cytoplasmic particle, especially one that stains readily.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A little grain; a fine particle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A little grain; a small particle; a pellet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A tiny
grain , a smallparticle . - noun biology A small
structure in acell . - noun geology A
particle from 2 to 4mm indiameter , following theWentworth scale - noun astronomy a small
mark in thephotosphere of thesun caused byconvection currents . See also Wikipedia:Granule (solar physics).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a tiny grain
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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