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語源

Borrowed from French granule or directly from Late Latin grānulum, diminutive of Latin grānum (“grain”); for more, see grain. By surface analysis, grain +‎ -ule.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈɡɹæn.juːl/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈɡɹæn.jul/, /ˈɡɹæn.jəl/

名詞

granule (plural granules)

1. A tiny grain, a small particle.
2. (biology) A small structure in a cell.
3. (geology) A particle from 2 to 4 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
4. (astronomy) a small mark in the photosphere of the sun caused by convection currents. See also Wikipedia:Granule (solar physics).

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Further reading

• “granule”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “granule”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

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