fine-grain

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fahyn greyn]
- /faɪn greɪn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fahyn greyn]
- /faɪn greɪn/

Definitions of fine-grain word

adjective fine-grain (of an image) having an inconspicuous or invisible grain. 1
adjective fine-grain (of a developer or emulsion) permitting the grain of an image to be inconspicuous or invisible. 1
adjective fine-grain having or producing an image with grain of inconspicuous size 0

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Origin of fine-grain

First appearance:

before 1925

One of the 11% newest English words

First recorded in 1925-30

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Parts of speech for Fine-grain

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Fine-grain

fine-grain popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 60% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.