roughness

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roughness

/ˈɹʌf.nəs/ Canada, US, UK
/ˈɹʌf.nʌs/ Canada, US, UK
/ˈɹɐf.nəs/ Australia, New Zealand
/ˈɾəf.nes/ India

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

noun roughnesses

countable, uncountable The property of being rough, coarseness. The roughness of the road made me wonder if my car would fall apart.
countable, uncountable Something that is rough; a rough spot. 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.
US, countable, uncountable Roughage; coarse fodder. With this latter implement, the corn stalk fodder, shucks, oats, hay and other "roughness" may be finely cut up[…]
Scotland, countable, uncountable Abundance, especially of food.
countable A measure of how rough something is, such as a surface The surface roughness was low.

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noun the property of being rough

Español	aspereza
हिन्दी	रूखापन rūkhāpan
Deutsch	Rauheit, Grobheit
Română	asprime, asperitate
Русский	шерохова́тость šeroxovátostʹ

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@misc{roughness_2026,
  title = {roughness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/roughness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}