Definitions for Roughness
rough·ness

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. roughness, raggednessnoun

   a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven

2. harshness, roughnessnoun

   the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses

3. crudeness, roughnessnoun

   an unpolished unrefined quality

   "the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her"

4. choppiness, roughness, rough waternoun

   used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather

5. rowdiness, rowdyism, roughness, disorderlinessnoun

   rowdy behavior

6. pitting, roughness, indentationnoun

   the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion

7. roughnessnoun

   harsh or severe speech or behavior

   "men associate the roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with masculinity"; "the roughness of her voice was a signal to keep quiet"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. roughnessnoun

   The property of being rough, coarseness.

   The roughness of the road made me wonder if my car would fall apart.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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1. roughness

   Roughness refers to the unevenness or irregularity of a surface, object, or concept. In physical terms, it might refer to the coarseness, bumpiness, or ruggedness of a surface that can be sensed through touch. In more abstract terms, it can describe the complexity, inconsistency, or variation of a concept or process.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Roughnessnoun

   the quality or state of being rough

Matched Categories

1. • Corrosion
   • Inelegance
   • Intensification
   • Texture

How to pronounce Roughness?

1. Alex

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Roughness in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Roughness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Roughness in a Sentence

1. David Poeppel:

   These findings suggest that the design of alarm signals can be further improved, the same way a bad smell is added to natural gas to make it easily detectable, adding roughness to alarm sounds may improve and accelerate their processing.

2. David Clarke:

   When you apply a voltage to them relative to some background there is an attractive force between the nanowires and the substrate that deforms the elastomer, elastomer rubber is very soft and so the surface becomes rough, and it is that roughness that scatters light.

3. R. Buckminster Fuller:

   Children are born true scientists. They spontaneously experiment and experience and reexperience again. They select, combine, and test, seeking to find order in their experiences - "which is the mostest? which is the leastest?" They smell, taste, bite, and touch-test for hardness, softness, springiness, roughness, smoothness, coldness, warmness: the heft, shake, punch, squeeze, push, crush, rub, and try to pull things apart.

4. Luc Arnal:

   Roughness refers to fast sound changes in loudness (in a 30-150Hz frequency range) of a sound that can be high-pitched or not.

5. Luc Arnal:

   In terms of potential applications, our findings could be used to improve the way we design alarm sounds. The same way a bad smell is added to natural gas to make it easily detectable, adding roughness to alarm sounds may improve and accelerate their processing.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Roughness
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Roughness
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Roughness
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Roughness