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English
Etymology
From non- + round.
Adjective
nonround (not comparable)
- Not round. (of a shape)
- (phonetics, of a vowel) Having qualities the opposite of a round vowel.
- (psychology, of a number) Having a sharp or precise numeric value; having not been rounded.
2004, Amos Tversky, Preference, Belief, and Similarity, page 85:a round number (e.g., 100) was paired with a nonround number (e.g., 103).
2007 September 21, “Random Samples”, in Science, 317(5845), page 1657:The researchers hypothesize that everyday experience teaches us that round (imprecise) numbers are usually larger than nonround (sharp) numbers.
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