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rugosity

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ru·gose  (rgs) also ru·gous (-gs)
adj.
1. Having many wrinkles or creases; ridged or wrinkled.
2. Botany Having a rough, wrinkled surface, as in certain prominently veined leaves.

[Latin rgsus, from rga, wrinkle.]

rugosely adv.
ru·gosi·ty (-gs-t) n.

rugosity
the state or quality of being wrinkled, as the skin. — rugose, adj.
See also: Skin


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The impedance response of the coating is consistent with the AFM result, which shows that the deposition of a film onto a graphite support increases the rugosity data.
Rugosity and substrate size were measured for every quadrat at all sites during September 2003.
To generate these waves there is a requirement for the initial seabed surface to have some regular rugosity (Mosher and Thomson, 2002).
 
 
 
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