granulation
noun
- act or process of forming into grains or granules
Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: From Late Latin grānulum (“granule”) + -ation. Attested earlier than granule and granulate. By surface analysis, granulate + -ion.
- The formation of granules, or of cereal grains.
- The formation of granules, or of cereal grains.
- The condition of being granulated.
- Granulated tissue on the surface of a healing wound; granulation tissue.
- A bright, transient granular marking on the Sun's photosphere.
- The attachment of granules of precious metal to underlying metal of jewellery.