smoothness

Definition

The condition of being smooth; the degree or measure of said condition.

Etymology

From Middle English smothenesse; equivalent to smooth + -ness. Compare Old English smēþnes (“smoothness, a smooth place, a level surface”).

Example Sentences

• "The admirable smoothness of the riding also reflected the greatest credit on those who, despite the difficulties caused by the shortage of men and materials, have succeeded in maintaining the track in such first-class order."
• "The ‘smoothness’ of distributions can be understood in various senses, this is why we used quotation marks before; further we will drop them. The smoothness can be understood as the differentiability of the distribution function, boundedness of some of its derivatives, the existence of the absolutely continuous component, the decrease of the characteristic function with a certain rate, the validity of the Cramér condition, the condition #92;sigma(#92;Phi)#92;rightarrow 0 as n#92;rightarrow#92;infty, etc."
• "With it,^([a pavement profile]) paving operations can be adjusted "on the fly" to maintain or improve smoothness."