nonround

nonround

English

Alternative forms

  • non-round

Etymology

Etymology tree
English non-
English round
English nonround

    From non- + round.

    Adjective

    nonround (not comparable)

    1. Not round. (of a shape)
    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, page 85:
        a round number (e.g., 100) was paired with a nonround number (e.g., 103).
      • 2007 September 21, “Random Samples”, in Science‎[1], 317(5845), page 1657:
        The researchers hypothesize that everyday experience teaches us that round (imprecise) numbers are usually larger than nonround (sharp) numbers.

    Synonyms

    Derived terms

    • nonroundness
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