noun
Meaning 1
The quality of being rounded.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
roundedness
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noun
Meaning 2
The quality of a sound, especially a vowel, of being rounded or unrounded.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
the property possessed by a rounded convexity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bulginess
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: convexity, convexness
Narrower terms: oblateness, ellipticity
History
Etymology
From rounded + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Hungarian: ajakkerekítés — phonetics: the quality of a sound, especially a vowel, of being rounded or unrounded
- Hungarian: kerekség — phonetics: the quality of a sound, especially a vowel, of being rounded or unrounded
- Hungarian: kerekítettség — phonetics: the quality of a sound, especially a vowel, of being rounded or unrounded