EVENNESS

evenness

(noun) the quality of being balanced

evenness, invariability

(noun) a quality of uniformity and lack of variation

evenness

(noun) the parity of even numbers (divisible by two)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

evenness (usually uncountable, plural evennesses)

The quality of being even (flat or close in numbers).

Source: Wiktionary


E"ven*ness, n.

Definition: The state of being ven, level, or disturbed; smoothness; horizontal position; uniformity; impartiality; calmness; equanimity; appropriate place or level; as, evenness of surface, of a fluid at rest, of motion, of dealings, of temper, of condition. It had need be something extraordinary, that must warrant an ordinary person to rise higher than his own evenness. Jer. Taylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

27 April 2025

APPROXIMATE

(adjective) not quite exact or correct; “the approximate time was 10 o’clock”; “a rough guess”; “a ballpark estimate”


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