fine-grained

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fine-grained

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From fine + grained.

adjective more fine-grained · most fine-grained

  1. Consisting of fine particles.

    Opposite: coarse-grained

  2. Having a fine, smooth texture.
  3. figuratively Highly detailed. “It’s been long needed — and they’ve done a very good job,” said Ewan Birney […]. “This will improve our fine-grained understanding of variation, and then that research will open new opportunities toward clinical applications.”

    Similar: subtle

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adj consisting of fine particles

Portuguêspeneirado, refinado
Deutschfeinkörnig, kleinkörnig
Русскиймелкозерни́стый melkozernístyj

adj having a fine, smooth texture

Deutschfeinkörnig

adj highly detailed

Deutschdetailgenau, detailliert

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@misc{fine_grained_2026,
  title = {fine-grained},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fine-grained},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}