gráinnín — meaning in English

English meaning

• granule noun A tiny grain, a small particle.
• particle noun A very small piece or amount of matter.
• pinch verb To squeeze a bit of skin or an object tightly between the thumb and finger.

Senses

gráinnín is used for these senses in English:

• cysticercosis (medicine) A parasitic infestation of the voluntary muscles, lungs, central nervous system and other organs, caused by the ingestion of eggs of the tapeworm Taenia solium.
• granulation (medicine) Granulated tissue on the surface of a healing wound; granulation tissue.
• granule A tiny grain, a small particle.
• particle A very small piece of matter, a fragment; especially, the smallest possible part of something. [from 14th c.]
• pinch A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.

granule — full definition

1. noun A tiny grain, a small particle.
2. noun A small structure in a cell.
3. noun A particle from 2 to 4 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
4. noun a small mark in the photosphere of the sun caused by convection currents. See also Wikipedia:Granule (solar physics).

particle — full definition

1. noun A very small piece or amount of matter.
2. noun In physics, a tiny piece of matter smaller than an atom, such as an electron or proton.
3. noun In grammar, a small word, like "to" or "up," that helps form a phrase but has little meaning on its own.

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