granularity

From granular +‎ -ity.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɹæn.jəˈlæɹ.ə.ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɹæn.jəˈlɝ.ə.ti/

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granularity (countable and uncountable, plural granularities)

1. (uncountable) The condition of being granular.
   • 2012, Geerd-R. Hoffmann, David F. Snelling, Multiprocessing in Meteorological Models, page 57:

     By granularity we mean the length of time to execute a multitaskable segment of the original program on a single CPU. Granularity is measured in time units, rather than floating point operations, […]

2. (countable) The extent to which something is granular.

• granulate
• granulation
• granule

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “granularity”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.