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ROUNDNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The bodily property of being well rounded
Synonyms:
embonpoint; plumpness; roundness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("roundness" is a kind of...):
corpulency; fleshiness; obesity (more than average fatness)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "roundness"):
chubbiness; pudginess; rolypoliness; tubbiness (the property of having a plump and round body)
buxomness (the bodily property of being attractively plump and vigorous and (of women) full-bosomed)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("roundness" is a kind of...):
configuration; conformation; contour; form; shape (any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "roundness"):
globosity; globularness; rotundity; rotundness; sphericalness; sphericity (the roundness of a 3-dimensional object)
cylindricality; cylindricalness (the roundness of a 3-dimensional cylinder)
circularity; disk shape (the roundness of a 2-dimensional figure)
Antonym:
angularity (the property possessed by a shape that has angles)
Derivation:
round (having the shape or form of a circle)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The quality of being round numbers
Example:
he gave us the results in round numbers, but their roundness didn't affect the point he was making
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("roundness" is a kind of...):
figure; number (the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals)
Derivation:
round ((mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The fullness of a tone of voice
Example:
there is a musky roundness to his wordiness
Synonyms:
rotundity; roundness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("roundness" is a kind of...):
tone; tone of voice (the quality of a person's voice)
Derivation:
round ((of sounds) full and rich)
