noun

• The formation of granules, or of cereal grains.
• The forming of metals into granules by pouring them through a sieve into water while hot.
• (uncountable) The condition of being granulated.
• (medicine) Granulated tissue on the surface of a healing wound; granulation tissue.
• (astronomy) A bright, transient granular marking on the Sun's photosphere.
• The attachment of granules of precious metal to underlying metal of jewellery.