Round or rounds may refer to:

Mathematics and science

* The contour of a closed curve or surface with no sharp corners, such as an

ellipse In mathematics, an ellipse is a plane curve surrounding two focus (geometry), focal points, such that for all points on the curve, the sum of the two distances to the focal points is a constant. It generalizes a circle, which is the special ty ...

circle A circle is a shape consisting of all points in a plane that are at a given distance from a given point, the centre. Equivalently, it is the curve traced out by a point that moves in a plane so that its distance from a given point is const ...

rounded rectangle A squircle is a shape intermediate between a square and a circle. There are at least two definitions of "squircle" in use, the most common of which is based on the superellipse. The word "squircle" is a portmanteau of the words "square" and "ci ...

, cant, or

sphere A sphere () is a Geometry, geometrical object that is a solid geometry, three-dimensional analogue to a two-dimensional circle. A sphere is the Locus (mathematics), set of points that are all at the same distance from a given point in three ...

Rounding Rounding means replacing a number with an approximate value that has a shorter, simpler, or more explicit representation. For example, replacing $ with $, the fraction 312/937 with 1/3, or the expression with . Rounding is often done to obta ...

, the shortening of a number to reduce the number of significant figures it contains *

Round number A round number is an integer that ends with one or more " 0"s (zero-digit) in a given base. So, 590 is rounder than 592, but 590 is less round than 600. In both technical and informal language, a round number is often interpreted to stand for a ...

, a number that ends with one or more zeroes *

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

, the smoothness of clastic particles *

Roundedness In phonetics, vowel roundedness is the amount of rounding in the lips during the articulation of a vowel. It is labialization of a vowel. When a ''rounded'' vowel is pronounced, the lips form a circular opening, and ''unrounded'' vowels are pron ...

, rounding of lips when pronouncing vowels * Labialization, rounding of lips when pronouncing consonants

Music

* Round (music), a type of musical composition * Rounds (album), ''Rounds'' (album), a 2003 album by Four Tet

Places

* The Round, a defunct theatre in the Ouseburn Valley, Newcastle upon Tyne, England * Round Point, a point on the north coast of King George Island, South Shetland Islands * Grand Rounds Scenic Byway, a parkway system in Minneapolis * Rounds Mountain, a peak in the Taconic Mountains, United States * Round Mountain (disambiguation), several places * Round Valley (disambiguation), several places

Repeated activities

* Round (boxing), a time period within a boxing match * Grand rounds, a ritual in medical education and inpatient care * Round of drinks, a traditional method of paying in a drinking establishment * Funding round, a discrete round of investment in a business * Doing the rounds or patrol, moving through an area at regular or irregular intervals * Round (Theosophy), a planetary cycle of reincarnation in Theosophy * Round (dominoes), period of play in dominoes in which each player plays a piece or passes * A circular walk or run like the Bob Graham Round

Other

* Round (surname) * Rounds (surname) * Round shot * Cartridge (firearms), a single unit of ammunition * Round steak, a cut of meat

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