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Roundness
Pronunciation : Round"ness
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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.
2. Fullness; smoothness of flow; as, the roundness of a period; the roundness of a note; roundness of tone.
3. Openess; plainess; boldness; positiveness; as, the roundness of an assertion.
Syn. -- Circularity; sphericity; globosity; globularity; globularness; orbicularness; cylindricity; fullness; plumpness; rotundity.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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