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Definition of Round off

1. Verb. Make round. "Round the edges"

2. Verb. Bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state. "Polish your social manners"

3. Verb. Express as a round number. "Round off the amount"

Definition of Round off

1. Verb. To change the shape of an object to make it more circular. ¹

2. Verb. (mathematics) To change a number into an approximation having fewer significant digits. ¹

3. Verb. To complete or finish something. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Round Off

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Literary usage of Round off

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

1. The Science and Art of Surgery: A Treatise on Surgical Injuries, Diseases by John Eric Erichsen (1884)
"Should the Surgeon feel that he has made this mistake, the wiser plan will be at once to round off the ends of the flaps. Should they have been cut too ..."

2. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1868)
"It is much denser than Cu., though the air is not dry enough to round off sharply its tops. It often forma vast banks of cloud, with overhanging masses. ..."

3. The Life of Nelson: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain by Alfred Thayer Mahan (1897)
"... he thought best to make a round off Toulon and Barcelona, to renew the impression of the French that his fleet was to the westward. ..."

4. The Salvaging of Civilization: The Probable Future of Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1921)
"... Let me with this Book of Forecasts round off my fantasy. I would picture to you this modern Bible, perhaps two or three times as bulky as the old Bible, ..."

5. Choice Literature: A Monthly Magazine (1885)
"The figures are so well known that I must almost apologize for repeating them. only insert them to round off the statement. ..."

6. A German Science Reader: With Notes and vocabulary by William Henry Wait (1907)
"... n., abraum salts, waste. abreissen (i, i), v., tear away, remove. abrollen, v., roll off, round off. abrunden, v., round off, round. ..."

7. Step-by-Step Programming with Base SAS(R) Software by SAS Institute (2001)
"Review of SAS Tools Functions ROUND (expression, round-off-unit) rounds the quantity in expression ... Separate round-off-unit from expression with a comma. ..."

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