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adj. 1. Specific as opposed to general. 2.Having a high amount of fine detail, as in a written or verbal report; 3. In-depth, thorough.
"As his career progressed, Carter became the rare high-ranking Pentagon official who had a granular understanding of how its most sophisticated weaponry worked."
granular by Krzysztof1 December 3, 2014

Granular synthesis 

Granular Synthesis is the method of dissecting sampled audio or generated sound waves into tiny segments of generally only fifty to few hundred milliseconds. These segments can then be manipulated further. Pitch, duration and delay of grains can usually be edited to attain effects such as a "grain cloud."
Granular synthesis is used to make many reverberating, ambient sound-scapes used in film scoring.

Software Examples:
Audio Ease's RiverRun
KT Granulator
RTGS-X

Granular Vaginitis

An Infantry term for sand in the pussy. Commonly used to describe a soldier who whines about being sick.

ORIGIN: I first heard this from a Command Sergeant Major at Camp Greaves Korea.
Captain addressing his troops: "Private Jones has an acute case of Granular Vaginitis and wont be deploying to the field."

Granular synthesis 

Dunno. I think it's got something to do with music. Something Aphex Twinny.

granular vaginitis

A military term that signifies someone's pissy attitude being from their time in the sandbox.
"What's wrong with you today Plants?"
"Nothing's wrong with him, he's just got granular vaginitis."

granularity 

Breaking down a process or system into smaller modules to make it more accessible/easier to comprehend.

On the other hand, it also mean over-complicating a simple process to the extent of being anal in the extreme.
Normal Bloke: Here you are Old Lady, let me help you across the road.

Old Lay: Thank you, young man!

Project manager: Now then Normal Bloke, we need more granularity here. Firstly, what road are you referring to? Next, is there any traffic on said road and if so, at what speed is it travelling? We also need to define the camber of the edges and the traction factor of the tarmac under the temperature of the day to ascertain the breaking distance of the road users in case of a Normal-Bloke-Old-Lady-slippage scenario. Next, we need...

Normal bloke: Fuck this, I'm off to Macdonalds.
granularity by flatster December 19, 2008
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Person 2:......
Person 3: O no u got aired!
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Instead of doing my homework, I decided to piddlefart around for two hours.
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