roughness

CEFRB2

/ˈɹʌf.nəs/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The quality of having an uneven surface or difficult nature.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Roughage; coarse fodder.

Examples

  • In materials science, asperity refers to the unevenness, roughness or ruggedness of a material.

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

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Also pronounced

  • /ˈɾəf.nes/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Something that is rough; a rough spot.

  2. The property of being rough, coarseness.

  3. A measure of how rough something is, such as a surface

More examples

In context

  • The surface roughness was low.

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

  • 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.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The blank of the old road made the car shake and bounce.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Inherited from Middle English roughnes /roughnesse. By surface analysis, rough + -ness. Compare Old English hrēohnes (“roughness”).