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Meaning of ROUNDNESS

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular
 
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 Antonyms: angularity
 
 See Also: circularity, configuration, conformation, contour, cylindricality, cylindricalness, disk shape, form, globosity, globularness, rotundity, shape, sphericalness, sphericity

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Round"ness\, n.
1. The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the
   roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball,
   of a bowl, a column, etc.
2. Fullness; smoothness of flow; as, the roundness of a
   period; the roundness of a note; roundness of tone.
3. Openess; plainess; boldness; positiveness; as, the
   roundness of an assertion.
Syn: Circularity; sphericity; globosity; globularity;
     globularness; orbicularness; cylindricity; fullness;
     plumpness; rotundity.
 

 

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