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Definition of Roughness

1. Noun. A texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven.

2. Noun. The quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses.

3. Noun. An unpolished unrefined quality. "The crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her"

4. Noun. Used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather.

5. Noun. Rowdy behavior.

6. Noun. The formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion.

7. Noun. Harsh or severe speech or behavior. "The roughness of her voice was a signal to keep quiet"

Definition of Roughness

1. n. The quality or state of being rough.

Definition of Roughness

1. Noun. The property of being rough, coarseness. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Roughness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roughness

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roughly roughneck roughnecked roughnecking roughnecks roughness roughnesses roughrider roughriders roughs

roughs up roughscuff roughsetter roughsetters roughshod roughspun roughstrings rought roughtail roughtail stingray

Literary usage of Roughness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Studies of Inheritance in Guinea-pigs and Rats by William Ernest Castle, Sewall Wright (1916)
"Roughness OF SERIES II. It has been mentioned that irregularities in hair direction have been found in certain stocks which can not be classified by the ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"For very small channels differences of roughness have a great influence on the discharge, but for very large Channels different degrees of roughness have ..."

3. On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music by Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz, Alexander John Ellis (1885)
"Beginning with the smallest we obtain the following different magnitudes : 8) The diminished Seventh of the minor scale bt...a1'\) [32, cents 926, roughness ..."

4. On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music by Hermann von Helmholtz (1912)
"ij [8, cents 274, having the IT same roughness 24], is not much rougher than the just minor Third [11, cents 316, roughness 20 ; the tempered minor Third 10 ..."

5. A General Formula for the Uniform Flow of Water in Rivers and Other Channels by E. Ganguillet, Wilhelm R. Kutter (1889)
"Determination of the coefficient n of roughness of wet perimeter. Having thus determined the constants, a, / and m in our formula, we now proceed to ..."

6. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from by Samuel Johnson, Henry John Todd, Alexander Chalmers (1824)
"One of the divisions of plants, from Hie roughness of their leant. ASHO'RE. ad. ... H'arton. ASPE'RITV. n. 3. Unevenness. Bogle. Roughness of sound. ..."

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