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fine-grained

fine-grained

1 4.8
Has very small parts and details for precise control of data or settings
  • adjective
  • /faɪn ɡreɪnd/
  • Specialized
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  • 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.

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Examples

  • What's important is that it is a fine grained mix.

  • And then we'll do a more fine grained search on those clusters that we hit.

  • Most likely because they need performance or fine-grained control that they cannot get somewhere else.

    Blog text (32)
  • Could the analysis be made fine-grained enough to make it possible to do?

    Blog text (22)
  • The key fact is that you have a fine grained division of production and consumption.

  • I also began a more fine-grained analysis of the language I had documented across the classrooms.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Each trial of the students' problem-solving assessment is observed to provide a fine-grained analysis of how the participants learn during the intervention.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Thus, the primary value of these articles lies in their fine-grained, jargon-free ethnographies.

    Academic text (1995)
  • 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.

    Academic text (2014)
  • The new software offers fine-grained control over each parameter, allowing users to customize their settings precisely.

Synonyms

finespun
vsfine-grained
  • Literature
9.9

Very careful and exact but too detailed to follow

is technical, focusing on detailed division into many small specific parts

Antonyms

469 3.7

General and not detailed, covering many things

coarse-grained
  • Specialized
6.5

A way of describing data or plans in broad categories with little detail

How Granular

fine-grained
  • Specialized
1 4.8
granular
9 5.1
coarse-grained
  • Specialized
6.5

Surface Forms

fine-grained positive

Morphology

fine-grained = fine + grain (semi-transparent) = fine + grain + ed

Formed from 'fine' + 'grain' with '-ed', but the computing/data sense is a metaphorical extension (granularity) that may not be obvious without domain knowledge.

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.