{ Gran"u*late (?), Gran"u*la`ted (?), }
a.1.Consisting of, or
resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular; as,
granulated sugar.
2.Having numerous small elevations, as
shagreen.
Granulated steel, a variety of steel made by
a particular process beginning with the granulation of pig
iron.
Gran"u*late (?), v. t. [imp. &
p. p.Granulated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n.Granulating (?).] [See Granule.]
1.To form into grains or small masses; as, to
granulate powder, sugar, or metal.
2.To raise in granules or small asperities;
to make rough on the surface.
Gran"u*late, v. i.To collect or
be formed into grains; as, cane juice granulates into
sugar.