nonround

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adjective

Not round. (of a shape)

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adjectivenonround (not comparable)

alternative non-round

  1. not comparableNot round. (of a shape)
  2. not comparablehuman sciencesHaving qualities the opposite of a round vowel.
  3. not comparablehuman sciencesHaving a sharp or precise numeric value; having not been rounded.

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

    2004, Amos Tversky, Preference, Belief, and Similarity, page 85
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    The researchers hypothesize that everyday experience teaches us that round (imprecise) numbers are usually larger than nonround (sharp) numbers.

    2007 September 21, “Random Samples”, in Science, 317(5845), page 1657

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