rounding

Etymology

adj

1. Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish.

noun

1. The act by which a numerical value is rounded.
2. The numerical value obtained by this process.
3. The act of making anything round, as the lips in pronouncing some vowels.
4. A rounded surface; a curve.
   In the early Egyptian works, the relief was low, the surface flat, and but little if any attempt was made to show the roundings of the human figure, or to exhibit the inflexion of the human form. 1860, Journal of the Society of Arts, volume 8, page 292
5. In bookbinding, the shaping of the folded and sewed sheets into a convex form at the back.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of round