different between rounded vs nonround

rounded

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??a?nd?d/
  • Hyphenation: round?ed

Verb

rounded

  1. simple past tense and past participle of round

Adjective

rounded (comparative more rounded, superlative most rounded)

  1. Made into a circle or sphere.
  2. Complete or balanced.
  3. (mathematics) Describing a number that has been changed to its nearest desired value.
  4. (botany) Ending in a broad arch.
  5. (linguistics, of a vowel etc.) Pronounced with the lips drawn together.
    Antonym: unrounded

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • redound, underdo

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nonround

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

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