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smoothness

noun

Etymology

From Middle English smothenesse; equivalent to smooth + -ness. Compare Old English smēþnes (“smoothness, a smooth place, a level surface”).

  1. inherited from smothenesse

Definitions

  1. The condition of being smooth

    The condition of being smooth; the degree or measure of said condition.

    • The admirable smoothness of the riding also reflected the greatest credit on those who, despite the difficulties caused by the shortage of men and materials, have succeeded in maintaining the track in such first-class order.
    • With it,^([a pavement profile]) paving operations can be adjusted "on the fly" to maintain or improve smoothness.

  2. The highest order of derivative (the differentiability class) over a given domain.

    • Smoothness can vary from 0 (for a nondifferentiable function) to infinity (for a smooth function).

  3. The quantity measured by the modulus of smoothness.

The neighborhood

Derived

modulus of smoothness, nonsmoothness

Vish — recursive loop

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

8 hops · closes at smoothness

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