smoothness

Meaning

Noun

• The condition of being smooth; the degree or measure of said condition.
• The highest order of derivative (the differentiability class) over a given domain.
• The quantity measured by the modulus of smoothness.

Related

Opposite words

• jerkiness, roughness

Origin

• From Middle English smethnes, *smothnes, from Old English smēþnes, *smōþnes, equivalent to smooth + -ness.