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roundness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun roundness has 4 senses
- roundness(n = noun.communication) rotundity - the fullness of a tone of voice; "there is a musky roundness to his wordiness" is a kind of tone, tone of voice
- roundness(n = noun.attribute) Array - 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" is a kind of figure, number
- roundness(n = noun.attribute) Array - the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular; Array is a kind of configuration, conformation, contour, form, shape
- roundness(n = noun.attribute) embonpoint, plumpness - the bodily property of being well rounded; Array is a kind of corpulency, fleshiness, obesity
Derived form adjective round2
Derived form adjective round3
has particulars: globosity, globularness, rotundity, rotundness, sphericalness, sphericity, cylindricality, cylindricalness, circularity, disk shape
Antonym: angularity
Derived form adjective round1
has particulars: chubbiness, pudginess, rolypoliness, tubbiness, buxomness
CIDE DICTIONARY
roundness, 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. [1913 Webster]
- Fullness; smoothness of flow; as, the roundness of a period; the roundness of a note; roundness of tone. [1913 Webster]
- Openess; plainess; boldness; positiveness; as, the roundness of an assertion. [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Circularity; sphericity; globosity; globularity; globularness; orbicularness; cylindricity; fullness; plumpness; rotundity.
THESAURUS
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, unrestraintROGET THESAURUS
roundness
Circularity
N circularity, roundness, rotundity, circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet, annulus, annulet, bracelet, armlet, ringlet, eye, loop, wheel, cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band, contrate wheel, crown wheel, hub, nave, sash, girdle, cestus, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland, crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar, noose, lasso, lassoo, ellipse, oval, ovule, ellipsoid, cycloid, epicycloid, epicycle, semicircle, quadrant, sextant, sector, sphere, round, rounded, circular, annular, orbicular, oval, ovate, elliptic, elliptical, egg-shaped, pear-shaped, cycloidal, spherical, I watched the little circles die.Rotundity
N rotundity, roundness, cylindricity, sphericity, spheroidity, globosity, cylinder, cylindroid, cylindrical, barrel, drum, roll, roller, rouleau, column, rolling-pin, rundle, cone, conoid, pear shape, egg shape, bell shape, sphere, globe, ball, boulder, bowlder, spheroid, ellipsoid, oblong spheroid, oblate spheroid, prolate spheroid, drop, spherule, globule, vesicle, bulb, bullet, pellet, pelote, clew, pill, marble, pea, knob, pommel, horn, knot (convolution), curved surface, hypersphere, hyperdimensional surface, rotund, round, cylindric, cylindrical, cylindroid, columnar, lumbriciform, conic, conical, spherical, spheroidal, globular, globated, globous, globose, egg shaped, bell shaped, pear shaped, ovoid, oviform, gibbous, rixiform, campaniform, campanulate, campaniliform, fungiform, bead-like, moniliform, pyriform, bulbous, tres atque rotundus, round as an orange, round as an apple, round as a ball, round as a billiard ball, round as a cannon ball.
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