ROTUNDITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rotundity mean? 

• ROTUNDITY (noun)
  The noun ROTUNDITY has 2 senses:

1. the roundness of a 3-dimensional object

2. the fullness of a tone of voice

  Familiarity information: ROTUNDITY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROTUNDITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The roundness of a 3-dimensional object

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

globosity; globularness; rotundity; rotundness; sphericalness; sphericity

Hypernyms ("rotundity" is a kind of...):

roundness (the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular)

Derivation:

rotund (spherical in shape)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The fullness of a tone of voice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

rotundity; roundness

Context example:

there is a musky roundness to his wordiness

Hypernyms ("rotundity" is a kind of...):

tone; tone of voice (the quality of a person's voice)

 Context examples 

By this time the gas-bag had swollen to a goodly rotundity and was jerking strongly upon its lashings.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)