roughness
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Definition of roughness:
a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses an unpolished unrefined quality; "the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her" used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather rowdy behavior the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion harsh or severe speech or behavior; "men associate the roughness of nonstandard working-class speech with masculinity"; "the roughness of her voice was a signal to keep quiet" |