lumpiness
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈlʌmpɪnəs/
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grumosidad
- None of the patients had significant granuloma formation or visible lumpiness.
- lumpiness of the breast
- lumpiness or bumpiness
Examples
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But there's a danger in reading too much into quarterly figures and the lumpiness of individuals.
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Then the smooth, aerodynamic shape would be preserved on the outside, and the lumpiness from the core would be on the inside.
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Thus, the background radiation we see now should preserve the lumpiness from that early era.
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Wouldn't you expect more lumpiness with greater masses in different directions?
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Qualitatively, gravity acts to increase the lumpiness of matter in the universe.
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There must be lumpiness, or else, as is intuitively clear, with convex costs, investment would optimally take place over time.
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Like ocean ripples that grow into giant waves, the slight lumpiness of the early universe was the seed for the clusters of galaxies that exist today.
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The average density of the universe is about one atom per cubic meter, and in the absence of significant lumpiness, each of us would be a poor, lone, torn hydrogen atom who would never get to meet even one other hydrogen atom.
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Further work, discussed in the concluding section, will involve numerical simulation of real power networks and aim to capture, at a more granular level, non-convexities and lumpiness.
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The lumpiness of the mashed potatoes made them difficult to serve.
Synonyms
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9.1
A rough, uneven surface that makes travel feel jumpy
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4.6
An uneven surface with many bumps
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3.8
A texture with large pieces that feels thick
Small rounded lumps on a surface that you can feel
A rough feeling on fabric caused by small bumps
Antonyms
How Lumpy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word lumpiness comes from the simple word lump ('a small mass or swelling') plus the ending -ness ('state or quality'). So, lumpiness is the 'state of having lumps' or not being smooth, which is why we use it for bumpy mashed potatoes or a sweater with bumps.