Explore Granule through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like grain. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Granule meaning
- A tiny grain, a small particle.
- A small structure in a cell.
- A particle from 2 to 4 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
Synonyms of Granule
Using Granule
- The main meaning on this page is: A tiny grain, a small particle. | A small structure in a cell. | A particle from 2 to 4 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
- Useful related words include: grain.
- In the example corpus, granule often appears in combinations such as: granule cells, granule cell, of granule.
Context around Granule
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Granule
- In this selection, "granule" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, carbon, starch, fibers, cells, cell and formation stand out and add context to how "granule" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a carbon granule transmitter and and a granule cell emits. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "granule" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with granule
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The entire globular granule may contain approximately 30,000 glucose units. (11 words)
Granule cells use glutamate as their neurotransmitter, and therefore exert excitatory effects on their targets. (15 words)
Granule cells receive all of their input from mossy fibers, but outnumber them by 200 to 1 (in humans). (19 words)
Brass cases can be matched by volume, weight, and concentricity, bullets by weight and design, powder charges by weight, type, case filling (amount of total usable case capacity filled by charge), and packing scheme (characteristics of granule packing). (38 words)
The DCN is a layered structure, with the bottom layer containing granule cells similar to those of the cerebellum, giving rise to parallel fibers that rise to the superficial layer and travel across it horizontally. (35 words)
Perforin, a pore-making monomeric granule released from natural killer cells and cytotoxic T lymphocytes, kills target cells by forming polymers and tubular structures not unlike the membrane attack complex of the complement system. (34 words)
Example sentences (16)
According to Dvira, the process of granule formation used by artisans of the time was complex, involving several stages and a number of components.
A carbon granule transmitter and electromagnetic receiver were united in a single molded plastic handle, which when not in use sat in a cradle in the base unit.
A granule cell emits only four to five dendrites, each of which ends in an enlargement called a dendritic claw.
Amylose, a long-chain molecule, diffuses from the starch granule when cooked in water, and lends itself to dishes where the potato is mashed.
Brass cases can be matched by volume, weight, and concentricity, bullets by weight and design, powder charges by weight, type, case filling (amount of total usable case capacity filled by charge), and packing scheme (characteristics of granule packing).
Each glomerulus has a mossy fiber rosette at its center, and up to 20 granule cell dendritic claws contacting it.
Granule cells receive all of their input from mossy fibers, but outnumber them by 200 to 1 (in humans).
Granule cells use glutamate as their neurotransmitter, and therefore exert excitatory effects on their targets.
Mossy fibers project directly to the deep nuclei, but also give rise to the following pathway: mossy fibers → granule cells → parallel fibers → Purkinje cells → deep nuclei.
Perforin, a pore-making monomeric granule released from natural killer cells and cytotoxic T lymphocytes, kills target cells by forming polymers and tubular structures not unlike the membrane attack complex of the complement system.
The DCN is a layered structure, with the bottom layer containing granule cells similar to those of the cerebellum, giving rise to parallel fibers that rise to the superficial layer and travel across it horizontally.
The dentate granule cell axons (called mossy fibers) pass on the information from the EC on thorny spines that exit from the proximal apical dendrite of CA3 pyramidal cells.
The entire globular granule may contain approximately 30,000 glucose units.
Three types of axons also play dominant roles: mossy fibers and climbing fibers (which enter the cerebellum from outside), and parallel fibers (which are the axons of granule cells).
Thus, the information in the granule cell population activity state is the same as the information in the mossy fibers, but recoded in a much more expansive way.
When feeding, it has a multinucleate base and a contractile stalk up to 150 μm in length, supporting a relatively small uninucleate head, where the central granule and axopods are located.
Common combinations with granule
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- granule cells 5×
- granule cell 4×
- of granule 3×