roughness
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈrʌf.nəs/
- The roughness of the coastline made it difficult for boats to land safely.
- surface roughness
- roughness of the texture
- reduce the roughness
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Watch on YouTubeWhat then happens is that your eyes are sensitive enough to notice roughnesses on the edge of the character.
- What then happens is that your eyes are sensitive enough to notice roughnesses on the edge of the character.
- My beard is rough and my shirt, my shirt has a certain roughness too, but it's, it's actually smooth.
- If it's all about surface roughness, then why do really, really smooth materials have some of the highest coefficients of friction, just like rubber?
- Plus, if they have any surface roughness really at all, that will completely wash out Poisson's Spot.
- So brown motion which happens to have roughness of number two goes around.
Examples
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NREL-designed airfoils are much less sensitive to the effects of surface roughness than are conventional airfoils designed for aircraft.
Academic text (1994) -
"Your hand," she gasped as she felt its roughness on her palm.
Fiction book (1992) -
One major concern is the roughness of the growth front.
Academic text (1993) -
I mean, why would you add roughness to the surface of the wing?
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Well, you want it not to be very rough because roughness increases surface area.
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I will take my father's hand and feel the roughness of the bark spreading beneath the smooth human skin.
Fiction book (1996) -
Many other macroscopic phenomena come into play, as do surface roughness and bulk molecular structure and dynamics.
Academic text (1999) -
The acoustic televiewer creates an image of the topography or roughness of the borehole wall using reflected acoustic waves.
Academic text (1997) -
So these wax crystals have just the right surface roughness that they're too rough for adhesion, but not rough enough for claws to attach to it.
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The roughness of the wooden table made it uncomfortable to lean on.
Synonyms
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3.4
The way a surface feels and looks, for example smooth or rough
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3.6
Sea or big lake with strong waves that make travel by boat difficult
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5.1
A state in which something is not level or smooth
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4.6
An uneven surface with many bumps
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4.1
A rough texture that is not smooth
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5.2
A rough, sandy feeling from small hard bits
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6.4
A rough or not smooth texture caused by many small pieces
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6.0
Rough, uneven sea surface that makes waves unpredictable
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A rough quality that scratches or wears away a surface
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4.9
Land that is rough and uneven and hard to walk on
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4.6
A rough feeling on skin or fabric that makes it uncomfortable
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6.5
A rough edge with sharp, uneven points
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3.4
A rough surface that makes skin sore
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6.2
An uneven, rough surface or edge you can feel
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7.5
A rough, uneven surface like the face of a rocky cliff
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4.2
Land covered with many rocks that is rough and uneven
A rough, uneven surface that makes travel feel jumpy
Antonyms
How Rough
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Roughness is rough + -ness, and rough comes from an old English word meaning 'coarse' or 'hairy'. So imagine a bumpy surface you can feel under your hand — that is why roughness means the quality of being uneven or not smooth.