Hypertext Webster Gateway: "roughness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Roughness \Rough"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being rough.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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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