roughness

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English roughnes / roughnesse. By surface analysis, rough +‎ -ness. Compare Old English hrēohnes (“roughness”). === Pronunciation === enPR: rŭf′nəs (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈɹʌf.nəs/; (also Scotland) /ˈɹʌf.nʌs/ (Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈɹɐf.nəs/ (India) IPA(key): /ˈɾəf.nes/ Hyphenation: rough‧ness === Noun === roughness (countable and uncountable, plural roughnesses) 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. (US) Roughage; coarse fodder. (Scotland) Abundance, especially of food. (countable, engineering) A measure of how rough something is, such as a surface The surface roughness was low. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “roughness”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.