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In a sense it might even be said that our failure is to form habits: for, after all, habit is relative to a stereotyped world, and meantime it is only the roughness of the eye that makes two persons, things, situations, seem alike.
Walter Pater

Meaning of "roughness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ROUGHNESS

roughness  [ˈrʌfnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROUGHNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Roughness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ROUGHNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Roughness

Roughness may refer to: ▪ Surface roughness, the roughness of a surface ▪ International Roughness Index, the roughness of a road ▪ Hydraulic roughness, the roughness of land and waterway features ▪ Roughness in psychoacoustics refers to the level of dissonance. ▪ The 'roughness' of a line or surface, measured numerically by the Hausdorff dimension ▪ A typical parameter that has been used to quantify the quality of a surface topography is the surface roughness, which is represented by the arithmetic mean value, Ra, the quadratic mean, Rq, and the maximum roughness height, Rt. ▪ Roughness/resel, the resel/roughness of a image/volume.

Definition of roughness in the English dictionary

The first definition of roughness in the dictionary is lack of smoothness; unevenness or irregularity. Other definition of roughness is rudeness, coarseness, ill manners, or inconsiderateness. Roughness is also violence.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ROUGHNESS


aloofness
əˈluːfnɪs
awareness
əˈwɛənɪs
bluffness
ˈblʌfnɪs
briefness
ˈbriːfnɪs
business
ˈbɪznɪs
Daphnis
ˈdæfnɪs
darkness
ˈdɑːknɪs
deafness
ˈdefnɪs
Denis
ˈdɛnɪs
Dennis
ˈdɛnɪs
fitness
ˈfɪtnɪs
gruffness
ˈɡrʌfnɪs
happiness
ˈhæpɪnɪs
penis
ˈpiːnɪs
safeness
ˈseɪfnɪs
stiffness
ˈstɪfnɪs
tennis
ˈtɛnɪs
thickness
ˈθɪknɪs
tiredness
ˈtaɪədnɪs
toughness
ˈtʌfnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROUGHNESS

rough-hewn
rough-legged buzzard
rough-spoken
roughage
roughback
roughcast
roughcaster
roughen
roughened
rougher
roughhouse
roughhousing
roughie
roughies
roughish
roughleg
roughly
roughneck
roughrider
roughshod

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROUGHNESS

Britishness
Caithness
childishness
Englishness
foolishness
foppishness
freshness
harshness
highness
in the wilderness
Jewishness
lushness
much of a muchness
rashness
richness
Royal Highness
selfishness
smoothness
stylishness
thoroughness
unselfishness

Synonyms and antonyms of roughness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «roughness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROUGHNESS

Find out the translation of roughness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of roughness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «roughness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

粗糙度
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rugosidad
570 millions of speakers

English

roughness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खुरदरापन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خشونة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шероховатость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rugosidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বন্ধুরতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rugosité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kekasaran
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rauheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

粗さ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

거칠기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Roughness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự lơm chởm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடினத்தன்மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कडकपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pürüzlülük
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

asperità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chropowatość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шорсткість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rugozitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τραχύτητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

grof
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ytråhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ruhet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of roughness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROUGHNESS»

The term «roughness» is quite widely used and occupies the 32.271 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROUGHNESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about roughness

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3 QUOTES WITH «ROUGHNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word roughness.
1
Benoit Mandelbrot
Nobody will deny that there is at least some roughness everywhere.
2
John McGraw
Learn to know every man under you, get under his skin, know his faults. Then cater to him - with kindness or roughness as his case may demand.
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Walter Pater
In a sense it might even be said that our failure is to form habits: for, after all, habit is relative to a stereotyped world, and meantime it is only the roughness of the eye that makes two persons, things, situations, seem alike.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROUGHNESS»

Discover the use of roughness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to roughness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Necessary Roughness
By turns gripping, painful, funny, and illuminating, Necessary Roughness introduces a major new talent and a fresh young voice to the Harper list. 1997 Best Books for the Teen Age (NY Public Library) 1998 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA)
Marie G. Lee, 2011
2
Light Scattering and Nanoscale Surface Roughness
This volume presents up-to-date surveys of many aspects of rough surface scattering that are relevant to the scattering of electromagnetic waves from surfaces with nanoscale roughness.
Alexei A. Maradudin, 2010
3
Development of Methods for the Characterisation of Roughness ...
This work is to be the basis for a 3D international standard. · Updated version of noted previous publication · Contains basis, for the first time, for a unified approach to the subject · The basis for a 3D international standard
Ken Stout, 2000
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Measuring Road Roughness and Its Effects on User Cost and ...
James C. Wambold1 Road Roughness Effects on Vehicle Dynamics REFERENCE: Wambold, J. C, "Road Roughness Effects on Vehicle Dynamics," Measuring Road Roughness and Its Effects on User Cost and Comfort, ASTM STP 884, T. D. ...
Thomas D. Gillespie, Michael W. Sayers, 1985
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Nonparametric Regression and Generalized Linear Models: A ...
In recent years, there has been a great deal of interest and activity in the general area of nonparametric smoothing in statistics.
P.J. Green, Bernard. W. Silverman, 1993
6
A Novel Approach to Predict Surface Roughness in Machining ...
The increase of consumer needs for quality metal cutting related products (more precise tolerances and better product surface roughness) has driven the metal cutting industry to continuously improve quality control of metal cutting ...
Venkata Sampat Udayvarun Konada, 2007
7
Numerical Investigation of Roughness Effects in Aircraft ...
First, a two-dimensional condensed layer code is used to examine the effect of roughness on surface water development.
Brian Daniel Matheis, 2008
8
Effects of Slope Roughness on Wave Run-up on Composite Slopes
A comprehensive study of the wave run-up phenomena on single and composite slopes was conducted in order to determine the effects of slope roughness on regular and irregular wave run-up on composite sections, to determine the effects of ...
Jerry L. Machemehl, John B. Herbich, 1970
9
Surface Roughness and Its Impact on System Power Losses
An important outcome of the dissertation is that a main contributing factor in power loss at high frequencies is due to the size and number of micrometer size conducting "snowballs", relatively independent of the geometric stack-up needed ...
Olufemi (Femi). Oluwafemi, 2007
10
Principles of Soil Conservation and Management
Surface roughness affects evaporation rates, radiation, soil temperature, soil water storage, surface tortuosity, and saltation and rolling of soil particles. Ridges , clods, and aggregates are responsible for the increased roughness of the soil ...
Humberto Blanco-Canqui, Humberto Blanco, R. Lal, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROUGHNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term roughness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Roughness in sound makes a Scream so Terrifying
Screamers” modulation rate was between 30 and 150 hertz, which as per the researchers was a “roughness' range. When screams were compared with natural ... «Dispatch Times, Jul 15»
2
Targeting, unnecessary roughness still tough calls for football refs
But as with most calls, even the “correct” targeting and unnecessary roughness rulings are met with opposition. What a referee rules as targeting is what a coach ... «Fort Worth Star Telegram, Jul 15»
3
Science of screaming: acoustics that trigger our fear centre identified
The roughness of screaming is much higher, at between 30-150Hz. The rising and ... showing that almost no other sound had similar levels of “roughness”. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
Unnecessary roughness rule changed for high school football
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The National Federation of State High School Associations has changed a football rule involving unnecessary roughness to minimize the ... «FOXSports.com, Feb 15»
5
Detroit Lions center Dominic Raiola docked $10000 for unnecessary …
Detroit Lions center Dominic Raiola docked $10,000 for unnecessary roughness. Dominic Raiola. Detroit Lions center Dominic Raiola has been fined $10,000 ... «MLive.com, Nov 14»
6
Jamie Collins Fined $8268 For Unnecessary Roughness Penalty (GIF)
FOXBORO, Mass. — Jamie Collins might have to pay closer attention the next time he's running down the field to make a tackle in punt coverage. The New ... «NESN.com, Oct 14»
7
Patrick Willis not fined for roughing, unnecessary roughness penalties
In news that should surprise nobody, Patrick Willis was not fined for his hits on the Arizona Cardinals in Week 3. The shoddy officiating grows more and more ... «Niners Nation, Sep 14»
8
NFL Fines Biggers $21000 for Unnecessary Roughness
... who sustained a knee injury on the play. Titans linebacker Akeem Ayers was fined $7,875 for unnecessary roughness for a hit on Colts QB Andrew Luck. «CBS Local, Nov 13»
9
USA's 'Necessary Roughness' Cancelled
Necessary Roughness Cancelled EXCLUSIVE: There will be no fourth season of Necessary Roughness, as USA Network has opted not to continue with the ... «Deadline.com, Nov 13»
10
Cincinnati Bengals' Vontaze Burfict fined $31K for 2 unnecessary …
NEW YORK (AP) -- Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict has been fined $31,000 by the NFL on Friday for two unnecessary roughness violations. «WCPO, Sep 13»

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