different between nonround vs nonsound

English

Alternative forms

• non-round

Etymology

non- +? round

Adjective

nonround (not comparable)

1. (of a shape) Not round.
2. (phonetics, of a vowel) Having qualities the opposite of a round vowel.
3. (psychology, of a number) Having a sharp or precise numeric value; having not been rounded.
   • 2004, Amos Tversky, Preference, Belief, and Similarity [1], page 85:

     a round number (e.g., 100) was paired with a nonround number (e.g., 103).

   • 2007 September 21, "Random Samples" in Science 317(5845), page 1657 [2]:

     The researchers hypothesize that everyday experience teaches us that round (imprecise) numbers are usually larger than nonround (sharp) numbers.

Synonyms

• unrounded

Derived terms

• nonroundness

Related terms

• nonhigh
• nonback

English

Etymology

non- +? sound

Noun

nonsound (countable and uncountable, plural nonsounds)

1. That which is not sound (something audible).
   • 1988, Lynne Anne Blom, L. Tarin Chaplin, The Moment of Movement: Dance Improvisation (page 217)

     Consider other types of accompaniment: blinking lights, fans and streamers, a parade of candles. Design your nonsound accompaniment and your relation to it (instigator, victim, partner, background). Improvise.

   • 2013, Rick Bass, All the Land to Hold Us

     She listened harder as the sound separated itself from the nonsound, and as her sleep separated from waking.