grainy

grain·y

(grā′nē)

adj. grain·i·er, grain·i·est

1. Made of or resembling grain; granular.

2. Resembling the grain of wood.

3. Having a granular appearance, as from the clumping of particles in the emulsion of a photograph.

grain′i·ness n.

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grainy

(ˈɡreɪnɪ)

adj, grainier or grainiest

1. resembling, full of, or composed of grain; granular

2. (Furniture) resembling the grain of wood, leather, etc

3. (Photography) photog having poor definition because of large grain size

ˈgraininess n

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grain•y

(ˈgreɪ ni)

adj. grain•i•er, grain•i•est.

1. resembling grain; granular.

2. full of grains or grain.

3. (of a photographic negative or positive) having a granular appearance.

[1605–15]

grain′i•ness, n.

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Adj.

grainy - composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency; "granular sugar"; "the photographs were grainy and indistinct"; "it left a mealy residue"

granular, granulose, gritty, coarse-grained, farinaceous, mealy

coarse, harsh - of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles; "coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave"

grainy

adjective

Consisting of or covered with large particles:

coarse, granular, gritty, rough.

Translations

grainy

[ˈgreɪnɪ] ADJ (grainier (compar) (grainiest (superl))) (Phot) → granulado, con grano; [substance] → granulado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

grainy

[ˈgreɪni] adj [film, photograph] → qui a du grain

[surface] → granuleux/euse

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

grainy

adj (+er)

(= granular) texture → körnig; surface → gekörnt

leather → genarbt; wood → maserig, gemasert

photograph, video → unscharf

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

grainy

[ˈgreɪnɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → granuloso/a; (skin) → butterato/a

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