asperity

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əˈspɛɹɪti/
• (GA) IPA: /əˈspɛɹɪɾi/

Noun

asperity

1. Roughness as of stone or weather.

   the asperity of Maine's winter

2. Harshness, as of temper.
3. Something that is harsh and difficult to endure.
4. (geology) A part of a geological fault line that does not move.

   Earthquakes begin and end at asperities.

Translations

• Russian: шерохова́тость

Translations

• Russian: суро́вость

Translations

• French: aspérité
• Italian: asperità
• Russian: суро́вость

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