nonround

English

Alternative forms

• non-round

Etymology

non- +‎ round

Adjective

nonround (not comparable)

1. Not round. (of a shape)
2. (phonetics, of a vowel) Having qualities the opposite of a round vowel.
3. (psychology, of a number) Having a sharp or precise numeric value; having not been rounded.
   • 2004, Amos Tversky, Preference, Belief, and Similarity, page 85:

     a round number (e.g., 100) was paired with a nonround number (e.g., 103).

   • 2007 September 21, “Random Samples”, in Science‎^[1], 317(5845), page 1657:

     The researchers hypothesize that everyday experience teaches us that round (imprecise) numbers are usually larger than nonround (sharp) numbers.

Synonyms

• unrounded

Derived terms

• nonroundness

Related terms

• nonhigh
• nonback