Definition of Rugosity

1. n. The quality or state of being rugose.

Definition of Rugosity

1. Noun. The state of being rugose ¹

2. Noun. A measure of how rugose something is ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rugosity

1. the state of being rugose [n -TIES]

Medical Definition of Rugosity

1. 1. The state of being thrown into folds or wrinkles. 2. A ruga. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rugosity

rugines
rugining
rugins
rugitus
ruglike
rugmaker
rugmakers
rugmaking
rugola
rugolas
rugosa
rugosas
rugose
rugosely
rugosities
rugosity (current term)
rugous
rugrat
rugrats
rugs
rugula
rugulah
rugulose
ruhmkorff's coil
ruin
ruinable
ruinate
ruinated
ruinates
ruinating

Literary usage of Rugosity

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

1. Hydraulics with Working Tables by Edward Skelton Bellasis (1922)
"rugosity Co-efficients. — The kinds of materials for which various values of N have been generally accepted are as follows. Unless otherwise stated all are ..."

2. Hydraulics: With Working Tables by Edward Skelton Bellasis (1903)
"rugosity Co-efficients. — The kinds of materials for which various values of N have been generally accepted are as follows. Unless otherwise stated all are ..."

3. Club Types of Nuclear Polynesia by William Churchill (1917)
"rugosity, 13.5 inches long, 2 and 5 inches wide; covers lower edges of head. Ornament: Parceling of pandanus leaf at beginning of rugosity; well-worked ..."

4. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1908)
"C is a coefficient which varies with the rugosity, surface slope, and hydraulic radius. The equation for C which it is proposed to use is the well-known ..."

5. Fieldiana: Geology by Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago Natural History Museum (1907)
"On the ulnar border of the bone, at its middle, there is a more pronounced, though smaller rugosity, for muscular attachment. The peculiar tooth-like ..."

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