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roughness |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Roughness \Rough"ness\, n. The quality or state of being rough. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: roughness n 1: a texture that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven [ant: {smoothness}] 2: harsh or rough to the ear [syn: {harshness}] 3: an unpolished unrefined quality; "the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her" [syn: {crudeness}] 4: used of the sea [syn: {choppiness}, {rough water}] 5: rowdy behavior [syn: {rowdiness}, {rowdyism}, {disorderliness}] 6: the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion [syn: {pitting}, {indentation}]
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