1. Small grains or particles formed by breaking down a larger substance into tiny fragments.
Usage: Usually plural; refers to the process or result of granulating.
2. In medicine, small red bumps or tissue growths that form during the healing of a wound.
Usage: Medical/anatomical term; refers to granulation tissue.
3. In astronomy, bright spots on the sun's surface caused by convection in the photosphere.
Usage: Astronomy; technical term.

Examples

• The sugar granulations dissolved quickly in the hot water.
• The wound showed healthy granulations as it began to heal.
• Doctors observed the granulations forming beneath the skin during recovery.
• The granulations on the sun's surface are visible through a telescope.
• Salt granulations are produced by evaporating seawater.
• The granulations in the metal made it more brittle.