coarse grain
Large particle size
Coarse grain describes materials or textures with large, visible particles or components rather than fine ones.
Wood with coarse grain has wide, prominent growth rings.
Salt or sand can be coarse-grained.
The term extends to images or data with low resolution or detail: a coarse-grain analysis of the problem.
Opposite of fine grain.
- roughUneven in surface
- rough textureUneven tactile quality
- textureSurface tactile quality
- sandFine rock particles
- gritDetermination or abrasive particles
bread flour · milling · stone mill · wheat · rustic · rough around the edges · unrefined · whole · bran · stone-ground · resolution · low resolution · pixel · sandpaper · cornmeal · polenta · cereal · husk
coarse grainfine grain
Small, closely packed particles
fine-grained · fine powder · powder · fine particles · powdered
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