"rounding" meaning in English

See rounding in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɹaʊndɪŋ/ [UK, US] Forms: more rounding [comparative], most rounding [superlative]
Etymology: By surface analysis, round + -ing. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|round|-ing}} By surface analysis, round + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj}} rounding (comparative more rounding, superlative most rounding)
  1. Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish. Derived forms: rounding error Translations (round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish): pyöreähkö (Finnish), pyörenevä (Finnish), gerundet (German), arrotondamento (Italian), окру́глый (okrúglyj) (Russian), кру́глый (krúglyj) (Russian), круглова́тый (kruglovátyj) (Russian), закруглённый (zakrugljónnyj) (Russian), yuvarlanmış (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-rounding-en-adj-Ifu1Kw~-

Noun

IPA: /ˈɹaʊndɪŋ/ [UK, US] Forms: roundings [plural]
Etymology: By surface analysis, round + -ing. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|round|-ing}} By surface analysis, round + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} rounding (countable and uncountable, plural roundings)
  1. The act by which a numerical value is rounded. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-rounding-en-noun-PMPyCCgf
  2. The numerical value obtained by this process. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-rounding-en-noun-vDH6S26w
  3. The act of making anything round, as the lips in pronouncing some vowels. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of rounding a mathematical value): تَقْرِيب (taqrīb) [masculine] (Arabic), arredondiadura [feminine] (Asturian), акругле́нне (akruhljénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), закръгляне (zakrǎgljane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), arrodoniment [masculine] (Catalan), 四捨五入 (Chinese Mandarin), 四舍五入 (sìshěwǔrù) (Chinese Mandarin), zaokrouhlení [neuter] (Czech), pyöristys (Finnish), pyöristäminen (Finnish), arrondi [masculine] (French), redondeo [masculine] (Galician), Runden [neuter] (German), Rundung [feminine] (German), kerekítés (Hungarian), arrotondamento [masculine] (Italian), 端数処理 (hasūshori) (alt: はすうしょり) (Japanese), 四捨五入 (shishagonyū) (alt: ししゃごにゅう) (Japanese), 丸め (marume) (alt: まるめ) (Japanese), 반올림 (banollim) (Korean), 사사오입 (sasaoip) (Korean), zaokrąglanie [neuter] (Polish), округле́ние (okruglénije) [neuter] (Russian), zaokrožanje [neuter] (Slovene), redondeo [masculine] (Spanish), yuvarlama (Turkish), окру́глення (okrúhlennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian) Translations (the act of rounding one's lips): arrodoniment [masculine] (Catalan), zaokrąglanie [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-rounding-en-noun-J4fd3VGU Disambiguation of 'the act of rounding a mathematical value': 34 19 44 2 1 Disambiguation of "the act of rounding one's lips": 23 2 68 3 4
  4. A rounded surface; a curve. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-rounding-en-noun-V6gwlbeb
  5. In bookbinding, the shaping of the folded and sewed sheets into a convex form at the back. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-rounding-en-noun-a54uYGM2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 4 20 18 4 29 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 19 7 16 15 7 26 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 4 12 11 4 39 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 4 18 16 4 30 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 2 19 17 3 34 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 22 6 13 12 6 36 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 23 6 13 12 7 33 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 21 6 14 13 7 33 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 21 6 14 13 7 33 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 24 6 13 12 6 35 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 21 7 12 11 8 35 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 6 13 12 6 35 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 19 5 14 13 6 34 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 21 6 14 13 7 33 6 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 5 13 11 6 37 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 21 9 11 10 10 33 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 19 4 13 12 5 42 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 20 4 14 13 5 38 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 23 6 14 13 6 33 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 19 9 13 10 10 33 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 22 7 13 12 7 30 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 20 4 14 13 5 38 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 23 6 14 13 6 33 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 18 4 14 12 4 42 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 22 5 13 12 6 37 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 23 6 14 13 6 33 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: inrounding, outrounding
Derived forms: bankers' rounding, broken rounding, convergent rounding, double rounding, Dutch rounding, floating-point rounding, Gaussian rounding, odd-even rounding, scaled rounding, statistician's rounding, stochastic rounding, unbiased rounding

Verb

IPA: /ˈɹaʊndɪŋ/ [UK, US]
Etymology: By surface analysis, round + -ing. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|round|-ing}} By surface analysis, round + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} rounding
  1. present participle and gerund of round Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: round
    Sense id: en-rounding-en-verb-1ihyKPI6

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "kerekítés"
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          "alt": "はすうしょり",
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          "word": "端数処理"
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          "word": "반올림"
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          "word": "사사오입"
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          "roman": "okruglénije",
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          "sense": "the act of rounding a mathematical value",
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          "word": "zaokrožanje"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "okrúhlennja",
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