Hypertext Webster Gateway: "roundness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Roundness \Round"ness\, n.
1. 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.
2. Fullness; smoothness of flow; as, the roundness of a
period; the roundness of a note; roundness of tone.
3. Openess; plainess; boldness; positiveness; as, the
roundness of an assertion.
Syn: Circularity; sphericity; globosity; globularity;
globularness; orbicularness; cylindricity; fullness;
plumpness; rotundity.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
roundness
n : the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved
and not angular [ant: {angularity}]
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