coarse-grained
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"We used coarse-grained molecular dynamic simulations, which although offering lower resolution allowed us to study the aggregation of multiple IDPs in a mixture."
From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2024
As much as 100 feet deep and more than a mile wide in places, they are filled with coarse-grained sand, gravel and cobbles.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2022
The Stone of Destiny, described as coarse-grained, pinkish buff sandstone, is seen as a historic symbol of Scotland's monarchy.
From BBC • Sep. 12, 2022
Producer Butch Vig and mixer Andy Wallace were also vital, applying precisely the right amount of gleam to the band's coarse-grained, jet engine roar.
From Salon • Sep. 24, 2021
Believing that Meggers’s survey had been too coarse-grained, Heckenberger and Petersen decided to search a single area intensively.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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