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smoothness

smoothness

1 2.6
How something works without pauses or problems
  • noun
  • /ˈsmuːðnəs/
translation icon : fluidez
  • So I want to trade off smoothness here with fit.
  • tempo, breathing, and smoothness
  • breathing and smoothness
  • smoothness of the line

Examples

  • The software update improved the smoothness of the user interface, making navigation much easier.

  • Operators use the drive elements to adjust the pumps for recipe blending, higher delivery rates, or flow smoothness, as desired.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Just wonder if it will give me the smoothness that I want.

  • Students learn to move into and out of these held positions with smoothness or flow.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Therefore, the words ran with a certain smoothness.

    Academic text (2017)

  • So sometimes you give up in the stability and the smoothness of your video feed.

  • That's this thing with the smoothness of the image.

  • For the consistency and smoothness of its software, or reliability of its battery?

    Blog text (27)

  • I'm just really impressed by the smoothness and I'm also impressed by how stable it feels.

  • Indeed, the company's success depends on the agility and smoothness of the entire network's operation, not on which pieces it owns and which it does not.

    Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

fluidity
vssmoothness
2 4.6

How easily a substance flows like a liquid

emphasizes absence of errors and interruptions rather than liquid like flow
seamlessness
vssmoothness
1 4.9

A smooth, continuous state without breaks or gaps

stresses being free from errors or obstacles in operation or appearance

Antonyms

error
  • Specialized
300 3.0

A computer problem that makes a program give a wrong result or stop

disruption
126 4.1

A break in the normal flow of activity

How Smooth

seamlessness
1 4.9
smoothness
1 2.6
fluidity
2 4.6
clunky
16 5.5
to glitch
  • Specialized
3 5.8
disruption
126 4.1

Surface Forms

smoothness singular
smoothnesses plural

Morphology

smoothness = smooth (semi-transparent) = smooth + ness

Morphologically clear as 'smooth' + '-ness', but the meaning here is a figurative extension (seamlessness in operation) that may not be immediately derivable from physical texture for all learners.

Etymology

Smoothness comes from smooth, which means 'without bumps' or 'easy'. Think of a road or a speech that has no bumps; smoothness means something runs or works without interruption or mistakes.