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Definition of Roundness

1. Noun. The fullness of a tone of voice. "There is a musky roundness to his wordiness"

2. Noun. The quality of being round numbers. "He gave us the results in round numbers, but their roundness didn't affect the point he was making"

3. Noun. The property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular.

4. Noun. The bodily property of being well rounded.

Definition of Roundness

1. n. 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.

Definition of Roundness

1. Noun. The quality of being round. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Roundness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roundness

rounding rounding down rounding error rounding off rounding out rounding up roundings roundish roundishly roundishness

roundle roundles roundlet roundlets roundly roundness roundnesses roundoff roundpole fence roundridge

rounds rounds down rounds of applause rounds of applauses rounds off rounds out rounds up roundsman roundsmen roundtable

Literary usage of Roundness

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

1. The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1853)
"... having to my great concern, observed the waist of a Platonist lately swell to a roundness which is inconsistent with that philosophy. STEELE. T. No. ..."

2. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"Wach, conjecture« that the word has reference to roundness ; ab ... The apple of the eye,—so called from its roundness. To apple, ie to form into a ball, ..."

3. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1826)
"Roundness. то ROVE, v. To wander. KOI (.11, l'. Abrupt. ... Roundness and ROTUNDITY both come from the Latin ..."

4. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... Hotspur the counsel to his wife not only to swear, but to swear boldly, with a high-born and feminine roundness and fulness of volume : Swear me, Kale, ..."

5. Primeval Man: An Examination of Some Recent Speculations by George Douglas Campbell Argyll (1868)
"... feeblest of the Tertiaries.1 Now, the sharpness or roundness of a wing at the tip depends on the position which is given to the longest Primary quill. ..."

6. The Reign of Law by George Douglas Campbell Argyll (1871)
"... the sharpness or roundness of a wing at the tip depends on the position which is given to the longest Primary quill. If the first, or even the second, ..."

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