Grain (disambiguation)

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A "cereal" grain is the seed of a grass, a simple dry fruit technically called a caryopsis. Derived meanings include:

Grain (measure), a mass of 64.79891 milligrams, from the weight of a grain of barley
A single crystal inside solid-state matter; see crystallite. Related to the obsolete "corn" as in corned beef
Graininess, the fineness of image resolution for photographic film; related to the grain size of silver iodide in the film's emulsion
A single particle of rock in geology; see grain size

Isle of Grain in Kent, England, on which lies the village of Grain, Kent
Grain, a solid propellant charge, roughly a hollow cylinder, sometimes textured, and possibly very large
Granular synthesis, a method for digital musical instruments operating on the microsound time scale
In woodworking, the alignment and texture of the wood fibres; see plane (tool)
In textiles, grain refers to the direction of woven fabric's warp (lengthwise) and weft (crosswise) threads.
In golf, the direction in which individual blades of grass lie

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