Grit Explained
Grit, Grits, or Gritty may refer to:
Food
- Grit (grain), bran, chaff, mill-dust or coarse oatmeal
- Grits, a corn-based food common in the Southern United States
Minerals
- Grit, winter pavement-treatment minerals deployed in grit bins
- Grit, or gastrolith, swallowed abrasive substances with roles in digestion
- Gritstone, category of sedimentary rock
- Grit (supplement), calcium source and digestion aid in birds
Abrasive technologies
- Grit, one of the byproducts of grinding, an abrasive machining process
- Grit removal, the removal of grit, the coarse abrasive material in untreated sewage
- Grit size table, fineness/coarseness classification of sandpaper grit, and compares the CAMI and "P" designations with the average grit size in micrometres (μm)
Art and entertainment
People with the name
- Grit Boettcher (born 1938), German actress
- Grit Breuer (born 1972), former German athlete
- Diederik Grit (1949–2012), Dutch translator and translation scholar
- Grit Haid (1900–1938), Austrian stage and film actress
- Grit Hammer (born 1966), retired German shot putter
- Grit Hegesa (1891–1972), German dancer and silent film actress
- Grit Jurack (born 1977), former German handball player
- Grit Lehmann (born 1976), professional female volleyball player
- Grit Müller (born 1972), retired German swimmer
- Grit Naumann (born 1966), retired German female volleyball player
- Grit Šadeiko (born 1989), Estonian heptathlete
- Grit Slaby (born 1965), German swimmer
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Other uses
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