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The property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular
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roundness
Word definitions for roundness in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Roundness is the degree of smoothing due to abrasion of sedimentary particles. It is expressed as the ratio of the average radius of curvature of the edges or corners to the radius of curvature of the maximum inscribed sphere.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular [ant: angularity ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from round (adj.) + -ness .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Roundness \Round"ness\, n. 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. Fullness; smoothness of flow; as, the roundness of a period; the roundness of a note; roundness ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The quality of being round.
Usage examples of roundness.
Her skin glowed with the soft luster of creamy satin, and through the cloth he saw the inward curve of her waist, amazingly small in its unlaced freedom, the trim and seductive roundness of her hips, and the lithe grace of her limbs.
There was pain in her chest and abdominal areas, but she was happily aware of a return to normal roundness where her flat mastectomy scar had been.
Their pearliness contrasted with the inky roundness of their eye, which looked black but in fact was the deepest of reds, blood-rich.
We all conceived a prepossession in his favour, for there was a sterling quality in this laugh, and in his vigorous, healthy voice, and in the roundness and fullness with which he uttered every word he spoke, and in the very fury of his superlatives, which seemed to go off like blank cannons and hurt nothing.
They gripped the firm roundness of her ass, and before she could respond, her dark prince knelt and delved into her dripping box where Tarras had tasted her nectar.
I only knew the tyke by the depth of his chest, the roundness of his foot, and his manner of baying, for the poor gazehound was painted like any Venetian courtesan.
With a will of their own, her eyes were drawn to his manroot, and widened to their full roundness.
The flute still hung around his neck, and he touched its familar roundness.
It ill becomes me to prate too much of what I have endured for the faith, and yet, since you have observed it, I must tell you that this thickness and roundness of the waist is caused by a dropsy brought on by over-haste in journeying from the house of Pilate to the Mount of Olives.
As though that sound held some special plea, some secret message, Silas sat down on the bed, still cradling her to him, his lips exploring the soft swell of one breast, while his hands gently cupped and held their roundness.
He could, indeed, curse with a richness of vocabulary in a roundness of tone unequalled by any other man in Fecamp.
His face held the roundness of babyhood, despite his six or seven years.
But if the bulgy roundness of his person and the shortness of his legs in any way detracted from his personal importance, these trifling defects were, he was well aware, more than atoned for by the peculiar dignity of his countenance.
None of the tent's worn places or patches or seams showed in the bluish half-light, and even its ordinary peaked roundness seemed blurrily mysterious of outline as it gently quivered and swelled and ebbed.
Without the roundness of her cheeks to balance them her dark blue eyes became huge in her face and underneath them her high, chiseled cheekbones gave her an almost Eastern quality.