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roundness en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English roundnesse, equivalent to round + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) The quality or degree of being round. ▸ The degree of accuracy to which a manufactured object intended to be round fulfills that requirement; it is measured by parameters such as TIR (total indicator reading).
  2. (uncountable, usually) The quality or degree of being round. ▸ Synonym of rotundity.
    • I gazed at her arm. Where was its wonderful roundness and beauty? It was getting thin and angular. 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

Forms

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roundnesses Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

flatness · sphericity

Synonyms

rotundity