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# roughness

noun (roughness; no plural)

«roughness» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

The roughness of something is how uneven or harsh its surface feels, the opposite of smoothness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roughness/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a test by touch: someone feels a cloth to see if there is any rough place; in lessons it names a quality you can feel

### Examples

- She ran her hand over the cloth and found no roughness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roughness/#x1)
- The roughness of the bark scratched my hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roughness/#x2)
- Sand paper has more roughness than silk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roughness/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «roughness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roughness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«roughness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/roughness.html) on Mova free.