fine-grained
- adjective
- /faɪn ɡreɪnd/
- Specialized
- None of the other instruments made an effort to provide separate, fine-grained criteria specific to design type.
- fine-grained analysis
- fine-grained data
- fine-grained approach
But the human consciousness is more subtle than that, is more fine grained.
- But the human consciousness is more subtle than that, is more fine grained.
- Geometry is stuff where we can pretend that it's continuous because if we subdivide the space sufficiently fine grained, these things approach a certain dynamic.
Examples
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What's important is that it is a fine grained mix.
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And then we'll do a more fine grained search on those clusters that we hit.
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Most likely because they need performance or fine-grained control that they cannot get somewhere else.
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Could the analysis be made fine-grained enough to make it possible to do?
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The key fact is that you have a fine grained division of production and consumption.
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I also began a more fine-grained analysis of the language I had documented across the classrooms.
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Each trial of the students' problem-solving assessment is observed to provide a fine-grained analysis of how the participants learn during the intervention.
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Thus, the primary value of these articles lies in their fine-grained, jargon-free ethnographies.
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Progress monitoring is recorded on a 6-point scale to allow teachers to record more fine-grained incremental improvements in the student's skill acquisition.
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The new software offers fine-grained control over each parameter, allowing users to customize their settings precisely.
Synonyms
Very careful and exact but too detailed to follow
Antonyms
- Specialized
A way of describing data or plans in broad categories with little detail
How Granular
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fine-grained comes from the parts fine ('small' or 'detailed') and grain ('a small part' or 'particle'), like many tiny grains you might see in sand. So a fine-grained system or dataset is made of many small, specific parts, giving a high level of detail and control.