graininessn.
/ˈɡreɪnɪnɪs/ The quality of being grainy or granular; granularity. Also figurative.
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1921 Chem. Abstr. 15 476 Graininess in photographic deposits.
1921 Chem. Abstr. 15 476 The word ‘graininess’ is used to denote the inhomogeneity of the deposit due to aggregations of particles.
1923 A. E. Conrady et al. Photogr. as a Sci. Implement iv. 199 Graininess or granulation. The ‘grain’ of the developed image so far considered is the size of the silver particle.
1923 A. E. Conrady et al. Photogr. as a Sci. Implement iv. 199 Corresponding to every stage of magnification..a certain degree of granulation or ‘graininess’ will exist.
1956 E. H. Hutten Lang. Mod. Physics iii. 96 The concept of probability, and statistics, is used to ‘smooth out’ the graininess in the particle picture.
1966 New Statesman 25 Feb. 269/1 Like so many television originals, his play's a Victorian genre-painting disguised under contemporary black-and-white graininess.
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