jaggedness


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jag·ged

(jăg′ĭd)
adj.
1. Marked by irregular projections and indentations on the edge or surface: the jagged edge of the broken window.
2. Having a rough or harsh quality: "not a stutter exactly but a jagged sound, as if the words were being broken off from some other, stronger current of words deep inside" (Anne Tyler).
jag′ged·ly adv.
jag′ged·ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. jaggedness - something irregular like a bump or crack in a smooth surface
unevenness, variability - the quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity
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jaggedness

noun
Lack of smoothness or regularity:
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Translations
تَحْزيز، تَسَنُّن
střapatost
flossethedujævnhed
csipkézettség
ójöfnur
rozstrapkanosťzúbkovanosť
çentiklilikpürüzlülük

jagged

(ˈdʒӕgid) adjective
having rough or sharp and uneven edges. jagged rocks. gekartel, ongelyk, happerig مُحَزَّز، ذو حافَّةٍ حادّه ومُحَزَّزَه назъбен recortado roztřepený zackig ujævn; flosset οδοντωτός, ακανόνιστος irregular, dentado, mellado sakiline اره ای؛ بریده بریده rosoinen déchiqueté מְשוּנָן नुकीली धार वाला nazubljen csipkézett bergerigi skörðóttur puntuto, frastagliato ぎざぎざのある 들쭉날쭉한, 톱니 모양의 dantytas, rantytas robains; izrobots bercerancang scherp, getand hakket, tagget, forrevet poszczerbiony تيرې تيرې څوكې، ياغاښى: پرې پرې، غاښور recortado din­ţat с зазубринами zubatý, vyštrbený, rozoklaný nazobčan reckav ojämn, skarp, naggad เป็นหยัก; ขรุขระ çentikli, pürüzlü 鋸齒狀的 зазублений, нерівний ناہموار lởm chởm 锯齿状的
ˈjaggedly adverb
hoekerig بصورةٍ خَشِنَةٍ وحادَّةٍ нащърбено de forma recortada roztřepeně, střapatě zackig ujævnt; flosset οδοντωτά irregularmente sakiliselt بطور دندانه دندانه rosoisesti en dents de scie בְּצוּרָה מְשׁוּנֶנֶת विषमधार वाला zupčasto csipkésen secara bergerigi á ójafnan hátt in modo frastagliato ぎざぎざと 들쭉날쭉하여 dantytai, rantytai robaini; izroboti secara bercerancang scherp hakket, forrevet strzępiaście د تیری تیری دوله recortadamente cu aspect zimţat неровно zubato nazobčano reckavo ojämnt, skarpt, naggat อย่างขรุขระ çentikli/pürüzlü bir şekilde 鋸齒狀地 нерівно کٹے پھٹے انداز میں một cách lởm chởm 锯齿状地
ˈjaggedness noun
kartelagtig تَحْزيز، تَسَنُّن грапавина recorte střapatost die Zackigkeit ujævnhed; flossethed η ιδιότητα του να είναι κτ. πριονωτό mella sakilisus دارای لبه تیز و ناصاف rosoisuus aspect déchiqueté מְשׁוּנַן विषमधारता nazubljenost csipkézettség gerigi ójöfnur asperità ぎざぎざ 들쭉날쭉함 dantytumas robainums; izrobojums keadaan bercerancang scherpgetande vorm det som er tagget strzępiastość ناصاپ او تيزه څوكه درلودل recorte aspect zimţat неровность zúbkovanosť; rozstrapkanosť; drsnosť nazobčanost reckavost ojämnhet ความขรุขระ çentiklilik, pürüzlülük 鋸齒狀 зубчатість کٹا پھٹا ہونے کی حالت sự lởm chởm 锯齿状
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