Roughness Meaning

/ˈɹʌf.nəs/
B2

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nounThe property of being rough, coarseness.

nounSomething that is rough; a rough spot.

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.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of the old road made the car shake and bounce.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of the sandpaper made it ideal for stripping old paint from the wood.

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

"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." — 2003, Klaus Bange, “Surfaces of Substrate Glasses”, in Thin Films on Glass, Springer Science & Business Media, page 101:
"With this latter implement, the corn stalk fodder, shucks, oats, hay and other "roughness" may be finely cut up[…]" — 1855, Southern Cultivator, volume 13, page 258:

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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of the old road made the car shake and bounce.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of the sandpaper made it ideal for stripping old paint from the wood.

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