Definition of Jaggedness

1. Noun. Something irregular like a bump or crack in a smooth surface.

Generic synonyms: Unevenness, Variability
Derivative terms: Jagged, Jagged

Definition of Jaggedness

1. Noun. the state of being jagged ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jaggedness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jaggedness

jaffles
jag
jaga
jagaed
jagaing
jagas
jager
jagers
jagg
jaggaries
jaggary
jagged
jaggeder
jaggedest
jaggedly
jaggedness
jaggednesses
jaggedy
jagger
jaggerbush
jaggeries
jaggers
jaggery
jaggery palm
jaggheries
jagghery
jaggier
jaggies
jaggiest
jaggily

Literary usage of Jaggedness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Across East African Glaciers: An Account of the First Ascent of Kilimanjaro by Hans Meyer (1891)
"We had to work with our hands as much as with our feet, for the steepness and jaggedness of these lava clift's is without parallel. ..."

2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1893)
"... Group are the jaggedness of the ridges and sharpness of the ice-crests. In the Donos Group the variety and grandeur of the mountain forms exceed even ..."

3. The Contemporary Review (1870)
"Through the light and hurried play of his fancy, the points of the most terrible social problem s show themselves keenly, and with that dark jaggedness and ..."

4. Old-time Schools and School-books by Clifton Johnson (1904)
"We can fancy very well the damage to that hero's clothes and person as he was hauled out, if the picture gives a truthful impression of the jaggedness of ..."

5. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"Jaggedness, (j^-ad-BfO ni The state of being denticulated ; unevenness. JAGGY, (jag'-ge) a. Uneven; denticulated. JAIL, (jale) ns A gaol ; a prison ..."

6. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie (1822)
"... no relations between words themselves, the consequence is, that one epithet is as fit and becoming as another, and whether we say -venerable jaggedness, ..."

7. The Christian Examiner (1853)
"His perceptions were acute, his sensibilities keen, his passions by nature vehement. There was1 a roughness and jaggedness about his outline, which stood in ..."

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