Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being jagged or denticulated; unevenness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun something irregular like a bump on or crack in a smooth surface.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun the state of being jagged

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun something irregular like a bump or crack in a smooth surface

Etymologies

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jagged +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • Their form is shard-like: all harsh angles with a jaggedness that evokes crystals or canyon rock formations.

    Architect Returns to Drawing Board Robbie Whelan 2011

  • Observed sufficiently closely, shorelines were almost intractably irregular, with a small-scale jaggedness that defied any simple depiction or measurement.

    Benoit Mandelbrot, pioneer in fractal geometry, dies at 85 Martin Weil 2010

  • The paragraph break emphasizes the jaggedness of the narrative leap — and, perhaps equally important from a submission perspective, renders the plot twist easier for a skimming eye to catch.

    Author! Author! » 2010 » June 2010

  • I felt the smoothness and the contrasting jaggedness of the crucifix across my palm and brooded over the agonizing pain and misery the Son of God suffered on my behalf.

    A Book of Miracles Jack Canfield 2010

  • The paragraph break emphasizes the jaggedness of the narrative leap — and, perhaps equally important from a submission perspective, renders the plot twist easier for a skimming eye to catch.

    Author! Author! » Blog Archive » The dreaded Frankenstein manuscript, part X: wait — could this tree in front of me possibly be part of a forest? 2010

  • I felt the smoothness and the contrasting jaggedness of the crucifix across my palm and brooded over the agonizing pain and misery the Son of God suffered on my behalf.

    A Book of Miracles Jack Canfield 2010

  • I felt the smoothness and the contrasting jaggedness of the crucifix across my palm and brooded over the agonizing pain and misery the Son of God suffered on my behalf.

    A Book of Miracles Jack Canfield 2010

  • I felt the smoothness and the contrasting jaggedness of the crucifix across my palm and brooded over the agonizing pain and misery the Son of God suffered on my behalf.

    A Book of Miracles Jack Canfield 2010

  • I felt the smoothness and the contrasting jaggedness of the crucifix across my palm and brooded over the agonizing pain and misery the Son of God suffered on my behalf.

    A Book of Miracles Jack Canfield 2010

  • It would be interesting to have someone do a study of the relative jaggedness or temporal compression of poll shifts today versus 30 years ago.

    Terry McAuliffe To Campaign Extensively For Obama In Virginia 2009

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