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rounding

Pronunciation: /ˈɹaʊndɪŋ/

The English word “rounding” has 6 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish.

noun

  1. The act by which a numerical value is rounded.
  2. The numerical value obtained by this process.
  3. The act of making anything round, as the lips in pronouncing some vowels.
  4. A rounded surface; a curve.
  5. In bookbinding, the shaping of the folded and sewed sheets into a convex form at the back.

Etymology

By surface analysis, round + -ing.

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