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A quality of uniformity and lack of variation
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evenness
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Word definitions for evenness in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English efenniss "equality, equity;" see even (adj.) + -ness . Meaning "levelness, smoothness" is late 14c.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The quality of being even.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a quality of uniformity and lack of variation [syn: invariability ] [ant: unevenness , unevenness ] the quality of being balanced [ant: unevenness ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Evenness may refer to: Species evenness evenness of numbers, for which see parity (mathematics) evenness of zero , a special case of the above
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Evenness \E"ven*ness\, n. The state of being ven, level, or disturbed; smoothness; horizontal position; uniformity; impartiality; calmness; equanimity; appropriate place or level; as, evenness of surface, of a fluid at rest, of motion, of dealings, of temper, ...
Usage examples of evenness.
Not only was there no other voice to be heard, but there was a certain evenness of flow and cadence, unquestioning and unhesitating, rather as though Occula might be telling a story or delivering a speech.
The fairest houses were ceiled within with mortar and covered with plaster, the whiteness and evenness of which excited Harrison's admiration.
The smooth walls here in the compactor offered less traction than stone would have, but the evenness of the spacing and the absence of sharp rocks to dig into his back more than made up for it.
On they came, jewel clear, so calm, so unhurried--in the evenness of rhythm that is nature's gift to the horse, clop-clop, cloppety-clop.
Rubenstein's bike slowed ahead of her, turning in a lazy circle back toward her, Natalia watching as the wind tossed his thinning hair, tossed the high, uncut grass as well, hearing the evenness of the Harley's engine.
Smokey Updike was no one to fool with — Smokey who wore a succession of paper fry-cook's hats on his narrow head, Smokey with his large plastic mail-order dentures, grisly and somehow funereal in their perfect evenness, Smokey with his violent brown eyes, the scleras an ancient, dirty yellow.