Roundness

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Roundness \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.
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     2. Fullness; smoothness of flow; as, the roundness of a
        period; the roundness of a note; roundness of tone.
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     3. Openess; plainess; boldness; positiveness; as, the
        roundness of an assertion.
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     Syn: Circularity; sphericity; globosity; globularity;
          globularness; orbicularness; cylindricity; fullness;
          plumpness; rotundity.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  roundness
       n : the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved
           and not angular [ant: {angularity}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "roundness":
     annularity, annulation, artlessness, belly, bluffness, bluntness,
     broadness, brusqueness, candidness, candor, circularity, convexity,
     cylindricality, directness, forthrightness, frankness, freedom,
     freeness, genuineness, globosity, globularity, ingenuousness,
     openheartedness, openness, orbicularity, outspokenness,
     plain dealing, plain speaking, plainness, plainspokenness,
     rotundity, rotundness, sincerity, sphericality, sphericalness,
     sphericity, spheroidicity, spheroidity, straightforwardness,
     unconstraint, unreserve, unrestraint