Rounding

Definitions

1. The act by which a numerical value is rounded.
   countable, uncountable
2. The numerical value obtained by this process.
   countable, uncountable
3. The act of making anything round, as the lips in pronouncing some vowels.
   countable, uncountable
4. A rounded surface; a curve.
   countable, uncountable
5. In bookbinding, the shaping of the folded and sewed sheets into a convex form at the back.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“In the early Egyptian works, the relief was low, the surface flat, and but little if any attempt⟳ was made to show⟳ the roundings of the human figure⟳, or to exhibit the inflexion of the human form⟳.”

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