roughness.
The property of being rough, coarseness.
Meaning & usage
The property of being rough, coarseness.
The roughness of the road made me wonder if my car would fall apart.
Something that is rough; a rough spot.
Roughage; coarse fodder.
Abundance, especially of food.
A measure of how rough something is, such as a surface
The surface roughness was low.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English roughnes /roughnesse. By surface analysis, rough + -ness. Compare Old English hrēohnes (“roughness”).
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