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ruggedness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ruggedness has 3 senses
- ruggedness(n = noun.attribute) huskiness, toughness - the property of being big and strong; Array is a kind of strength
- ruggedness(n = noun.attribute) Array - the quality of being topologically uneven; "the ruggedness of the mountains" is a kind of unevenness, variability
- ruggedness(n = noun.attribute) hardness - the quality of being difficult to do; "he assigned a series of problems of increasing hardness"; "the ruggedness of his exams caused half the class to fail" is a kind of difficultness, difficulty
Derived form adjective rugged1
has particulars: hilliness
Derived form adjective rugged3
Derived form adjective rugged4
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