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 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 type of ellipse in ...

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 cons ...

, rounded rectangle,

cant Cant, CANT, canting, or canted may refer to: Language * Cant (language), a secret language * Beurla Reagaird, a language of the Scottish Highland Travellers * Scottish Cant, a language of the Scottish Lowland Travellers * Shelta or the Cant, a la ...

, or

sphere A sphere () is a geometrical object that is a three-dimensional analogue to a two-dimensional circle. A sphere is the set of points that are all at the same distance from a given point in three-dimensional space.. That given point is the c ...

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 ob ...

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

, rounding of lips when pronouncing vowels *

Labialization Labialization is a secondary articulatory feature of sounds in some languages. Labialized sounds involve the lips while the remainder of the oral cavity produces another sound. The term is normally restricted to consonants. When vowels involv ...

, rounding of lips when pronouncing consonants

Music

Round (music) A round (also called a perpetual canon 'canon perpetuus''or infinite canon) is a musical composition, a limited type of canon, in which a minimum of three voices sing exactly the same melody at the unison (and may continue repeating it ind ...

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

Places

The Round The Round was a theatre-in-the-round in the Ouseburn Valley, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The region's first theatre-in-the-round, it specialised in theatre for children and young people. The Round opened in September 2007, and was home to t ...

, a defunct theatre in the Ouseburn Valley, Newcastle upon Tyne, England *

Round Point Round Point is a point west of False Round Point on the north coast of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south o ...

, a point on the north coast of King George Island, South Shetland Islands *

Grand Rounds Scenic Byway The Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway is a linked series of park areas in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, that takes a roughly circular path through the city. The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board developed the system over many years. ...

, a parkway system in Minneapolis *

Rounds Mountain Rounds Mountain, , is a prominent peak in the Taconic Mountains of western Massachusetts and adjacent New York. The west side of the mountain and summit are located in New York; the east side is located within Massachusetts. The summit a bald ...

, a peak in the Taconic Mountains, United States *

Round Mountain (disambiguation) Round Mountain may refer to: United States Communities * Round Mountain, Alabama * Round Mountain, California *Round Mountain, Nevada * Round Mountain, Texas Mountains * Round Mountain (Taconic Mountains), on the Connecticut/Massachusetts border ...

, several places * Round Valley (disambiguation), several places

Repeated activities

Round (boxing) Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...

, a time period within a boxing match *

Grand rounds Grand rounds are a methodology of medical education and inpatient care, consisting of presenting the medical problems and treatment of a particular patient to an audience consisting of doctors, pharmacists, residents, and medical students. It w ...

, a ritual in medical education and inpatient care *

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 rou ...

, a traditional method of paying in a drinking establishment * Funding round, a discrete round of investment in a business * Doing the rounds or

patrol A patrol is commonly a group of personnel, such as law enforcement officers, military personnel, or security personnel, that are assigned to monitor or secure a specific geographic area. Etymology From French ''patrouiller'', from Old Fren ...

, 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 The Bob Graham Round is a fell running challenge in the English Lake District. It is named after Bob Graham (1889–1966), a Keswick guest-house owner, who in June 1932 broke the Lakeland Fell record by traversing 42 fells within a 24-hour period ...

Other

* Round (surname) * Rounds (surname) *

Round shot A round shot (also called solid shot or simply ball) is a solid spherical projectile without explosive charge, launched from a gun. Its diameter is slightly less than the bore of the barrel from which it is shot. A round shot fired from a lar ...

Cartridge (firearms) A cartridge or a round is a type of pre-assembled firearm ammunition packaging a projectile ( bullet, shot, or slug), a propellant substance (usually either smokeless powder or black powder) and an ignition device (primer) within a metal ...

, a single unit of ammunition *

Round steak A round steak is a beef steak from the "round", the rear leg of the cow. The round is divided into cuts including the eye (of) round, bottom round, and top round, with or without the "round" bone (femur), and may include the knuckle (sirloin tip) ...

, a cut of meat

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