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; See Film grain.
- A single particle of rock in geology; see grain size
- Other uses
- GRAIN - an international non-governmental organization
- 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 wood grain
- 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
