Grain (disambiguation)

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Grains are the seeds of arable crops or the crops bearing them.

Grain or grains may also refer to:

Material structures

• Grain (unit), a unit of mass equal to 64.79891 milligrams, ​¹⁄_7,000 of an avoirdupois pound
  • Grains per gallon, a unit of water hardness
• Grain size (or particle size), for particles of rock in geology
• Crystallite or "grain" in metallurgy, a single crystal inside solid-state matter
• Grain, a solid-fuel rocket's propellant charge; roughly a hollow cylinder, sometimes textured, and possibly very large
• Grain (textile), the orientation of a woven textile used in a garment.
• Wood grain, the alignment and texture of the fibres in wood
• Film grain, the gritty texture sometimes apparent on images produced using photographic film or paper (grainy)

Other uses

• Isle of Grain in Kent, England
  • Grain Power Station, a power station on the Isle of Grain
• Grain (cipher), a stream cipher designed for restricted hardware environments
  • Grain 128a, successor of Grain cipher
• GRAIN, an international non-governmental organization for sustainable agriculture
• Grain (film), 2015 European film by Semih Kaplanoğlu
• Grain (magazine), a Canadian literary magazine
• Grain (surfboard company), a company that manufactures hollow wooden surfboards

See also

• Granule (disambiguation)
• Peter Grain (disambiguation)