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nonround

nonround adjective: not round. (of a shape).

Adjective

nonround (not comparable)

  1. Not round. (of a shape)
  2. Having qualities the opposite of a round vowel.
  3. Having a sharp or precise numeric value; having not been rounded.
    • a round number (e.g., 100) was paired with a nonround number (e.g., 103).2004, Amos Tversky, Preference, Belief, and Similarity, page 85
    • The researchers hypothesize that everyday experience teaches us that round (imprecise) numbers are usually larger than nonround (sharp) numbers.2007 September 21, “Random Samples”, in Science, 317(5845), page 1657

Synonyms of nonround

Forms of nonround

alternative formnon-round

Origin of nonround

From non- + round.

Words formed from nonround

  • nonroundness

Questions about nonround

What does nonround mean?
Nonround means not round. (of a shape).
What part of speech is nonround?
Nonround is an adjective.

Words near nonround in the dictionary

  1. nonrotaviruses
  2. nonrotting
  3. nonrough
  4. nonroughage
  5. nonroughened
  6. nonround
  7. nonrounded
  8. nonroutable
  9. nonrouted
  10. nonroutine
  11. nonroutines

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