Meaning of roughness | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The property of being rough, coarseness
2. The property of being rough, coarseness.
   countable, uncountable
3. Something that is rough; a rough spot
4. Something that is rough; a rough spot.
   countable, uncountable
5. Roughage; coarse fodder
6. Roughage; coarse fodder.
   US, countable, uncountable
7. Abundance, especially of food
8. Abundance, especially of food.
   Scotland, countable, uncountable
9. A measure of how rough something is, such as a surface

Equivalents

Examples

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

“A variety of suitable methods for surface inspection are available to detect topographical defects induced by surface roughnesses such as scratches, digs, inclusions and spatters.”

“With this latter implement, the corn stalk fodder, shucks, oats, hay and other "roughness" may be finely cut up[…]”

“The surface roughness was low.”

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