roundness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the fullness of a tone of voice
    rotundity.
    • there is a musky roundness to his wordiness
  2. noun the quality of being round numbers
    • he gave us the results in round numbers, but their roundness didn't affect the point he was making
  3. noun the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular
  4. noun the bodily property of being well rounded
    embonpoint; plumpness.

WordNet


Round"ness noun
Definitions
  1. 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.
  2. Fullness; smoothness of flow; as, the roundness of a period; the roundness of a note; roundness of tone.
  3. Openess; plainess; boldness; positiveness; as, the roundness of an assertion. Syn. -- Circularity; sphericity; globosity; globularity; globularness; orbicularness; cylindricity; fullness; plumpness; rotundity.

Webster 1913