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roundedness
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round·ed  (roundd)
adj.
1. Shaped into the form of a circle or sphere; made round.
2. Linguistics Pronounced with the lips shaped ovally; labialized.
3. Complete; balanced: a rounded meal.

rounded·ness n.
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Noun1.roundedness - the property possessed by a rounded convexity
convexity, convexness - the property possessed by a convex shape
ellipticity, oblateness - the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles; "the oblateness of the planet"


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[FIGURE 1 OMITTED] [FIGURE 2 OMITTED] In all quantity degrees, the rounded front vowel /u/ is close to, but still easily differentiable from the unrounded vowel /i/ in the F1/F2 space.
In traditional descriptions of the language and in textbooks, o is treated as a mid-high unrounded vowel, i.
 
 
 
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