Round - Mathematics and Science

Mathematics and Science

  • The shape of a closed curve with no sharp corners, such as an ellipse, circle, rounded rectangle, or sphere
  • Rounding, the truncation of a number to reduce the number of significant figures it contains
  • Round number, a number that ends with one or more zeroes
  • Roundness (geology), the smoothness of clastic particles

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