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roughness

noun
/ˈɹʌf.nəs/CA/ˈɹɐf.nəs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English roughnes /roughnesse. By surface analysis, rough + -ness. Compare Old English hrēohnes (“roughness”).

  1. inherited from roughnes//roughnesse

Definitions

  1. The property of being rough, coarseness.

    • The roughness of the road made me wonder if my car would fall apart.

  2. Something that is rough

    Something that is rough; a rough spot.

    • A variety of suitable methods for surface inspection are available to detect topographical defects induced by surface roughnesses such as scratches, digs, inclusions and spatters.

  3. Roughage

    Roughage; coarse fodder.

    • With this latter implement, the corn stalk fodder, shucks, oats, hay and other "roughness" may be finely cut up[…]
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Abundance, especially of food.

    2. A measure of how rough something is, such as a surface

      • The surface roughness was low.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at roughness. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at roughness. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at roughness

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA