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Definition of Small-grained
1. Adjective. Consisting of fine particles. "Pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding"
Similar to: Fine
Derivative terms: Powder, Powderiness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Small-grained
Literary usage of Small-grained
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge by ed Andrew Findlater, John Merry Ross (1868)
"On the other hand, small-grained powder ignites more slowly, and burns with
greater speed. ... smallgrained ..."
2. The Technologist (1863)
"ON THE MILLETS AND OTHER small-grained GRASSES, USED FOR HUMAN FOOD IN VARIOUS
COUNTRIES. BY P. I . SIMMONDS. What is Millet ? Doubtless every reader will ..."
3. Report of Progress for by Geological Survey of Canada (1866)
"Here it consists of a small grained mixture of quartz and flesh-red orthoclase
... It is small grained, and consists of white feldspar, greyish quartz, ..."
4. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Seas, in the by John Franklin, John Richardson (1828)
"Granite, small grained, passing into gneiss; reddish-brown felspar and gray quartz,
... Granite grayish and small grained mica black. brick-red felspar ..."
5. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1899)
"The peculiar small- eared and small-grained wheat, already alluded to, was the
commonest ... Of barley, besides the short-eared and small- grained kind, ..."
6. The Journal of Foreign Medical Science and Literature edited by Samuel Emlen (1819)
"Much of this limestone contains so much small.grained sand, as to resemble a
dolomite; and, ... "The transition rocks consist of a small.grained limestone, ..."
7. A System of Mineralogy: In which Minerals are Arranged According to the by Robert Jameson (1820)
"The fracture is most commonly coarse and small-grained uneven : the coarse-grained
passes into imperfect and small conchoidal: the small-grained passes into ..."
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