Round
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Round or rounds can mean:
  • The shape of a closed curve with no sharp corners, such as an ellipse
    Ellipse
    In geometry, an ellipse is a plane curve that results from the intersection of a cone by a plane in a way that produces a closed curve. Circles are special cases of ellipses, obtained when the cutting plane is orthogonal to the cone's axis...

    , circle
    Circle
    A circle is a simple shape of Euclidean geometry consisting of those points in a plane that are a given distance from a given point, the centre. The distance between any of the points and the centre is called the radius....

    , rounded rectangle, or sphere
    Sphere
    A sphere is a perfectly round geometrical object in three-dimensional space, such as the shape of a round ball. Like a circle in two dimensions, a perfect sphere is completely symmetrical around its center, with all points on the surface lying the same distance r from the center point...

  • Roundness (geology)
    Roundness (geology)
    Roundness is the degree of smoothing due to abrasion of sedimentary particles. It is expressed as the radius of the average radius of curvature of the edges or corners to the radius of curvature of the maximum inscribed sphere.-Measure of roundness:...

    , the smoothness of clastic particles
  • Roundedness
    Roundedness
    In phonetics, vowel roundedness refers to the amount of rounding in the lips during the articulation of a vowel. That is, it is vocalic labialization. When pronouncing a rounded vowel, the lips form a circular opening, while unrounded vowels are pronounced with the lips relaxed...

    , the roundedness of the lips in the pronunciation of a phoneme
  • Rounding
    Rounding
    Rounding a numerical value means replacing it by another value that is approximately equal but has a shorter, simpler, or more explicit representation; for example, replacing $23.4476 with $23.45, or the fraction 312/937 with 1/3, or the expression √2 with 1.414.Rounding is often done on purpose to...

    , the truncation of a number to reduce the number of significant figures it contains
  • Round number
    Round number
    A round number is mathematically defined as the product of a considerable number of comparatively small factors as compared to its neighbouring numbers, such as 24 = 2*2*2*3 .However, a round number is informally considered to be an integer that ends with one or more zeroes , such...

    , a number that ends with one or more zeroes
  • A level of an event, such as a tournament or golf game
  • Round (boxing), a time period within a bout; a number of rounds comprise a bout
  • Round (music)
    Round (music)
    A round is a musical composition in which two or more voices sing exactly the same melody , but with each voice beginning at different times so that different parts of the melody coincide in the different voices, but nevertheless fit harmoniously together...

    , a type of musical composition
  • Round of drinks
    Round of drinks
    A round of drinks is a set of alcoholic beverages purchased by one person in a group for that complete group. The purchaser buys the round of drinks as a single order at the bar. In many places it is customary for people to take turns buying rounds....

    , a traditional method of paying in a drinking establishment
  • Round or Cartridge (firearms)
    Cartridge (firearms)
    A cartridge, also called a round, packages the bullet, gunpowder and primer into a single metallic case precisely made to fit the firing chamber of a firearm. The primer is a small charge of impact-sensitive chemical that may be located at the center of the case head or at its rim . Electrically...

    , a single unit of ammunition
  • Round (Theosophy)
    Round (Theosophy)
    A round in the esoteric cosmology of Theosophy, Anthroposophy and Rosicrucianism is a cosmic cycle or sequence by which an evolving reincarnating being passes through the various stages of existence as the Earth, the Solar System or the Cosmos comes into and passes out of manifestation.-The...

    , a planetary cycle of reincarnation in Theosophy
  • Mike Rounds
    Mike Rounds
    Marion Michael "Mike" Rounds is an American politician. Rounds served as the 31st Governor of South Dakota. Rounds was first inaugurated on January 7, 2003, having been elected on November 5, 2002, and was re-elected on November 7, 2006...

    , 31st Governor of South Dakota (2003-11)
  • Rounds (album)
    Rounds (album)
    Rounds is the third album by Four Tet. It was released on 5 May 2003 in the United Kingdom; the United States release came the next day.Two singles were released from the album , as well as one EP, My Angel Rocks Back and Forth...

    , a 2003 album by Four Tet
  • Round Mountain (volcano)
    Round Mountain (volcano)
    Round Mountain is an eroded volcanic outcrop in the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt in British Columbia, Canada, located 8 km southwest of Eanastick Meadows, east of Brackendale and south of Mount Garibaldi. It is the highpoint of Paul Ridge and is located in the southwest corner of Garibaldi...

    , a volcanic peak in British Columbia, Canada
  • A regular patrol
    Patrol
    A patrol is commonly a group of personnel, such as police officers or soldiers, that are assigned to monitor a specific geographic area.- Military :...

    , as in "doing the rounds"
  • Grand rounds
    Grand rounds
    Grand rounds are an important teaching tool and ritual of medical education and inpatient care, consisting of presenting the medical problems and treatment of a particular patient to an audience consisting of doctors, residents, and medical students...

     or rounds, a ritual in medical education and inpatient care
  • Funding round, in business finance
  • Round steak
    Round steak
    A round steak is a steak from the round primal cut of beef. Specifically, a round steak is the eye round, bottom round, and top round still connected, with or without the "round" bone , and may include the knuckle , depending on how the round is separated from the loin. This is a lean cut and it...

    , a cut of meat
  • John Horace Round
    John Horace Round
    Horace Round was a historian and genealogist of the English medieval period. He translated the Domesday Book for Essex into contemporary English. As an expert in the history of the British peerage he was appointed Honorary Historical Adviser to the Crown.-Family and early life:Round was born on 22...

     (1854-1928), genealogist and historian
  • Rounding, a process performed by practitioners of Transcendental Meditation
    Transcendental Meditation
    Transcendental Meditation refers to the Transcendental Meditation technique, a specific form of mantra meditation, and to the Transcendental Meditation movement, a spiritual movement...

  • Grand Rounds Scenic Byway
    Grand Rounds Scenic Byway
    The Grand Rounds Scenic Byway is a linked series of park areas in Minneapolis, Minnesota that takes a roughly circular path through the city. The corridors include roads for automobile traffic plus paths for pedestrians and bicycles, and extend slightly into neighboring cities...

    , a parkway system in Minneapolis
  • Round
    Round
    Round or rounds can mean:* The shape of a closed curve with no sharp corners, such as an ellipse, circle, rounded rectangle, or sphere* Roundness , the smoothness of clastic particles...

     - a type of business, where a service provider/retailer visits a group of regular customers over a period of time, frequently associated with a territory, e.g. a milk round or a lawn mowing round.

See also

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