fine-grained

See also: finegrained

English

Etymology

From fine +‎ grained.

Adjective

fine-grained (comparative more fine-grained, superlative most fine-grained)

1. Consisting of fine particles.
2. Having a fine, smooth texture.
3. (figurative) Highly detailed.
   • 2023 May 10, Elie Dolgin, “Scientists Unveil a More Diverse Human Genome”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     “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.”

Synonyms

• subtle

Antonyms

• coarse-grained

Hypernyms

• grained

Derived terms

• fine-grainedness

Translations

consisting of fine particles

• Bashkir: ваҡ (vaq)
• Belarusian: дробназярні́сты (drobnazjarnísty)
• Bulgarian: дребнозърнест (drebnozǎrnest)
• Dutch: fijnkorrelig
• German: feinkörnig (de), kleinkörnig
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: finkornet

• Polish: drobnoziarnisty (pl)
• Portuguese: peneirado (pt), refinado (pt)
• Russian: мелкозерни́стый (ru) (melkozernístyj)
• Swedish: finkornig (sv)
• Turkish: ince taneli
• Ukrainian: дрібнозерни́стий (dribnozernýstyj)

having a fine, smooth texture

• German: feinkörnig (de)
• Turkish: ince taneli

highly detailed

• Bulgarian: детайлен (bg) (detajlen)
• Dutch: fijnmazig (nl)
• German: detailgenau, detailliert (de)
• Turkish: ayrıntılı (tr), detaylı (tr)

Anagrams

• era-defining