ruggedness

English

Etymology

rugged +‎ -ness

Noun

ruggedness (countable and uncountable, plural ruggednesses)

1. The state of being rugged, or degree to which something is rugged. [from 16th c.]
2. A rugged or irregular feature. [from 17th c.]
   • 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section I:

     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 […].

Derived terms

• ruggedness number

Translations

state of being rugged

• Bulgarian: грапавост (bg) f (grapavost), неравност (bg) f (neravnost)
• Dutch: stevigheid (nl), potigheid
• Greek: αδρότητα (el) f (adrótita)