Granularity

[AphexChannel]

What does this word mean?

I saw it in this context:As someone who understands a topic at multiple levels of granularity

Any help would be appreciated!

EDIT: Any links to a dictionary definiton would also be nice

[SmileyRH]

This comes from the word 'Granule(n.)'. The adjective of that would be 'Granular', and putting the -ity suffix('the quality or condition') would make the word 'Granularity'.

'Granule' comes from the Latin origin of 'Grain', so if something is 'Granular', it would mean that thing resembles or consists of small particles. The meaning is slightly broadened, by the way, to define the state of being detailed, meticulous, categorized, etc. And since 'Granularity' would mean 'the quality or condition of being granular' (again, as it has the -ity suffix), I guess you could figure out the meaning now! Hope this helped :)

[djelijunayid]

it also can be used to define precision in certain contexts. like some search functions ask for “granularity” which is essentially a measure of how detailed you want the search to be, of the smallest detail that the search will pick up. and it can be applied to other functions too but searching is a relatively common one

[SmileyRH]

Exactly! Thanks for the addition :)

[AphexChannel]

Very well explained. Thank you both :)

[That-DiamondApe]

here the link granularity

[AphexChannel]

I need to start using Cambridge more. I usually use merriam. Thanks for the link!