Evenness
['ivənnɪs]
Definition
(noun.) the quality of being balanced.
(noun.) a quality of uniformity and lack of variation.
(noun.) the parity of even numbers (divisible by two).
Editor: Zeke--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
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Examples
- And if I had not a letter to write myself, I might sit by you and admire the evenness of your writing, as another young lady once did. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The thickness and evenness of the sheets depended altogether on the judgment and skill of the workman, and their size was necessarily limited by the dimensions of the frame. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Celia was not impulsive: what she had to say could wait, and came from her always with the same quiet staccato evenness. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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