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ROUNDNESS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The bodily property of being well roundedplay

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 angularplay

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 numbersplay

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 voiceplay

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)

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