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Meaning of ROTUNDITY

Pronunciation:  row'tunditee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  the roundness of a 3-dimensional object
 
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 Synonyms: globosity, globularness, sphericalness, sphericity
 
 See Also: roundness

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ro*tund"i*ty\, n. [L. rotunditas: cf. F.
rotondit['e].]
1. The state or quality of being rotu?; roundness;
   sphericity; circularity.
         Smite flat the thick rotundity o'the world! --Shak.
2. Hence, completeness; entirety; roundness.
         For the more rotundity of the number and grace of
         the matter, it passeth for a full thousand.
                                               --Fuller.
         A boldness and rotundity of speech.   --Hawthorne.
 
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