close-grained
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It is based largely on a close-grained analysis of masses of sea surface and air temperature data collected over the century.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2010
In twelve books she has tried both to give a close-grained structure of regional manners and to trace the doings of the English merchant class from its ferment under Cromwell to its troubles under Attlee.
From Time Magazine Archive
The wood they found was dense and close-grained, unlike the spongy grain of the younger, forced-growth trees that are planted today.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Upper Silurian limestones already described are succeeded by a most remarkable series of close-grained white sandstones, containing numerous beds of highly bituminous coal, and but few marine fossils.
From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by Francis Leopold McClintock
Each season begins with a coarse, porous band of "spring wood," followed by a narrower band of fine, close-grained "summer wood."
From Trees Worth Knowing by Julia Ellen Rogers
