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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Roundness  \Round"ness\,  n. 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  roundness 
  n  :  the  property  possessed  by  a  line  or  surface  that  is  curved 
  and  not  angular  [ant:  {angularity}] 




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