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Definition of Rotundity
1. Noun. The roundness of a 3-dimensional object.
Generic synonyms: Roundness
Derivative terms: Globose, Globular, Rotund, Rotund, Spherical, Spheric
2. Noun. The fullness of a tone of voice. "There is a musky roundness to his wordiness"
Definition of Rotundity
1. n. The state or quality of being rotu&?;; roundness; sphericity; circularity.
Definition of Rotundity
1. Noun. The quality of being rotund. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rotundity
1. [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rotundity
Literary usage of Rotundity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Light of Nature Pursued by Abraham Tucker, Henry Paulet St. John Mildmay (1831)
"... rotundity in them all, and the rotundity remaining in our memory after we have
turned our backs upon them, is one and the same in-' dividual existence. ..."
2. The Lancet (1842)
"It is, however, apt to degenerate, when the globules lose their rotundity, and
a sensible acidity prevails. * Iodine and its salts occasionally act as ..."
3. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... the rotundity of the earth, its motion round the trnn, the circulation of the
blood, aud all such stuff. Toby to understand the action of a new medical ..."
4. The History of the United States of America by Richard Hildreth (1875)
"With scientific heroism, relying on the theory of the earth's rotundity, while
the prevailing under-esti- mate as to its size diminished to his ardent mind ..."
5. The Rhetorical Reader Consisting of Instructions for Regulating the Voice by Ebenezer Porter (1839)
"rotundity and fulness.—As to inflection, emphasis, and the varied adaptation of
tones to sentiment, the (inly laws of voice, in deliberate speaking and ..."
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