roundness

noun — 2 senses

roundness

noun

Etymology From Middle English roundnesse, equivalent to round + -ness.

› The quality or degree of being round.

1

Business, Engineering, Manufacturing, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Usually The degree of accuracy to which a manufactured object intended to be round fulfills that requirement; it is measured by parameters such as TIR (total indicator reading).

2

Usually Synonym of rotundity.

  • I gazed at her arm. Where was its wonderful roundness and beauty? It was getting thin and angular.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

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