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語源

non- +‎ round

形容詞

nonround (not comparable)

1. (of a shape) Not round.
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 [1], page 85:

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

   • 2007 September 21, "Random Samples" in Science 317(5845), page 1657 [2]:

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

派生語

• nonroundness

同意語

• unrounded

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