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Roundness

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n. The quality of being round.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The quality or state of being round in shape

n. Fullness; smoothness of flow.

n. Openess; plainess; boldness; positiveness.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The state of being round, or circular, spherical, globular, cylindrical, curved, or convex; circularity; sphericity; cylindrical form; rotundity; convexity: as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, of a hill, etc.

n. The quality of being well filled or rounded out metaphorically; fullness, completeness, openness, positiveness, boldness, or the like.

n. Synonyms Roundness, Rotundity, plumpness, globularity. Roundness applies with equal freedom to a circle, a sphere, a cylinder, or a cone, and, by extension, to forms that by approach suggest any one of these: as, roundness of limb or cheek. Rotundity now applies usually to spheres and to forms suggesting a sphere or a hemisphere: as, the rotundity of the earth or of a barrel; rotundity of abdomen.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the fullness of a tone of voice

n. the quality of being round numbers

n. the bodily property of being well rounded

n. the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular

Word Usage

"It's vacant condo roundness is perfect for the ballpark penthouse boxes with the media boxes on top."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

tone tone of voice figure number

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

plumpness globularity globularness sphericity orbicularness

Verb Stem

round

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

rotundity ripeness softness fullness fineness