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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unevenness en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English unevennesse, equivalent to uneven + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality or characteristic of being uneven; irregularity; inconsistency; the lack of smoothness or continuity.
    • The unevenness of his voice betrayed his nervousness.
  2. (countable) The result or product of being uneven.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A rough or uneven thing.
    • His chinne, a thorny hairy unevennesse, / Doth threaten, and some daily change possesse. 1633, John Donne, Sapho to Philænis:

Forms

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Translations (7)

es desnivelación (result) · fi epätasaisuus (quality) · pt desnível (quality) · nb ujamnhet (quality) · es desnivel (quality) · nb ujevnhet (quality) · pt desnivelamento (quality)