grainy

grain·y  (grn)

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 due to the clumping of particles in the emulsion. Used of photographs and film.

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graini·ness n.

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grainy [ˈgreɪnɪ]

adj grainier, grainiest

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

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) resembling the grain of wood, leather, etc.

3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) Photog having poor definition because of large grain size

graininess  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

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"

Translations

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

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

[surface] → granuleux/euse

grainy

adj (+er)

(= granular) texture → körnig; surface → gekörnt

leather → genarbt; wood → maserig, gemasert

photograph, video → unscharf

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

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