Evenness

//ˈiː.vən.(n)əs// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being even (flat or close in numbers). uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    the quality of being balanced wordnet
  3. 3
    a quality of uniformity and lack of variation wordnet
  4. 4
    the parity of even numbers (divisible by two) wordnet

Example

More examples

"A pure sea-breeze pervades the whole surrounding country, the evenness of temperature producing a very genial and happy influence in pulmonic diseases, more than all the drugs compounded by any pharmaceutist in the world."

Etymology

From Middle English evennesse, from Old English efennes, equivalent to even + -ness.

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