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roundness
CIDE DICTIONARY
roundness, n.
- The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a column, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Fullness; smoothness of flow; as, the roundness of a period; the roundness of a note; roundness of tone. [1913 Webster]
- Openess; plainess; boldness; positiveness; as, the roundness of an assertion. [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Circularity; sphericity; globosity; globularity; globularness; orbicularness; cylindricity; fullness; plumpness; rotundity.
THESAURUS
roundness
annularity, annulation, artlessness, belly, bluffness, bluntness, broadness, brusqueness, candidness, candor, circularity, convexity, cylindricality, directness, forthrightness, frankness, freedom, freeness, genuineness, globosity, globularity, ingenuousness, openheartedness, openness, orbicularity, outspokenness, plain dealing, plain speaking, plainness, plainspokenness, rotundity, rotundness, sincerity, sphericality, sphericalness, sphericity, spheroidicity, spheroidity, straightforwardness, unconstraint, unreserve, unrestraintROGET THESAURUS
roundness
Circularity
N circularity, roundness, rotundity, circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet, annulus, annulet, bracelet, armlet, ringlet, eye, loop, wheel, cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band, contrate wheel, crown wheel, hub, nave, sash, girdle, cestus, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland, crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar, noose, lasso, lassoo, ellipse, oval, ovule, ellipsoid, cycloid, epicycloid, epicycle, semicircle, quadrant, sextant, sector, sphere, round, rounded, circular, annular, orbicular, oval, ovate, elliptic, elliptical, egg-shaped, pear-shaped, cycloidal, spherical, I watched the little circles die.Rotundity
N rotundity, roundness, cylindricity, sphericity, spheroidity, globosity, cylinder, cylindroid, cylindrical, barrel, drum, roll, roller, rouleau, column, rolling-pin, rundle, cone, conoid, pear shape, egg shape, bell shape, sphere, globe, ball, boulder, bowlder, spheroid, ellipsoid, oblong spheroid, oblate spheroid, prolate spheroid, drop, spherule, globule, vesicle, bulb, bullet, pellet, pelote, clew, pill, marble, pea, knob, pommel, horn, knot (convolution), curved surface, hypersphere, hyperdimensional surface, rotund, round, cylindric, cylindrical, cylindroid, columnar, lumbriciform, conic, conical, spherical, spheroidal, globular, globated, globous, globose, egg shaped, bell shaped, pear shaped, ovoid, oviform, gibbous, rixiform, campaniform, campanulate, campaniliform, fungiform, bead-like, moniliform, pyriform, bulbous, tres atque rotundus, round as an orange, round as an apple, round as a ball, round as a billiard ball, round as a cannon ball.For further exploring for "roundness" in Webster Dictionary Online