granularity.

1. The level of detail or size of units used in a description, measurement or system.

2. A grain-related texture or structure consisting of small particles.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• granularity of data
• fine granularity

On the page

The data’s granularity was too coarse to reveal changes within each district.

Finer granularity increased detail without correcting the missing observations.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: requirements and constraints, institutional organization, formal assessment, system properties. Disciplines: academic writing, formal analysis, institutional studies. Commonness: moderately common.