ruggedness
ruggedness noun: the state of being rugged, or degree to which something is rugged.
Noun
ruggedness (countable and uncountable, plural ruggednesses)
- The state of being rugged, or degree to which something is rugged.
- A rugged or irregular feature.
- The surface of which […] could not nevertheless hide a multitude of holes and scratches and ruggednesses from being discover'd by the Microscope to invest it […].1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section I
ruggedness meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
ruggedness in Tamil
- நொடி, கடினம், கரடு, கடுமை, கரடுமுருடு
ruggedness in Malayalam
- ruggedness
- പരുപരുപ്പ് paruparuppŭ
ruggedness in Kannada
- ಮುರುಡು, ಮೊರಡು
Forms of ruggedness
| plural | ruggednesses |
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Origin of ruggedness
From rugged + -ness.
Words formed from ruggedness
- ruggedness number
Questions about ruggedness
- What does ruggedness mean?
- Ruggedness means the state of being rugged, or degree to which something is rugged.
- What is ruggedness in Tamil?
- Ruggedness in Tamil is நொடி, கடினம், கரடு. See Ruggedness meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is ruggedness?
- Ruggedness is a noun.
- What is the plural of ruggedness?
- The plural of ruggedness is ruggednesses.
Words near ruggedness in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ruggedness (page history and authors); ruggedness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); പരുപരുപ്പ് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ruggedness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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