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Granule is a generic term used for a small particle or grain. The generic term is used in a variety of specific contexts.

Granule (solar physics), visible structures in the photosphere of the Sun arising from activity in the Sun's convective zone
Granule (cell biology), any of several submicroscopic structures, some with explicable origins, others noted only as cell type-specific features of unknown function
"Azurophil granule", a structure characteristic of the azurophil eukarytotic cell type
"Chromaffin granule", a structure characteristic of the chromophil eukaryotic cell type
Martian spherules, spherical granules of material found on the surface of the planet Mars
A specified particle size of 2–4 millimetres (-1– -2 on the φ scale)

In pharmaceutical terms, a granule is small particles gathered into a larger, permanent aggregate in which the original particles can still be identified

In computing: a granule is a unit of contiguous (adjacent/bordering) virtual memory allocation.
For the treatment of memory granules in the Oracle database, see granule (Oracle DBMS).