asperities

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Microscopic projections on metal surfaces resulting from normal surface-finishing processes Interference between opposing asperities in sliding or rolling applications is a source of friction, and can lead to metal welding and scoring Ideally, the lubricating film between two moving surfaces should be thicker than the combined height of the opposing asperities
microscopic projections on metal surfaces resulting from normal surface-finishing processes
The three-dimensional irregularities forming the surface of an irregular stone (or rock) subject to wear and rounding during attraction
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A part of a geological fault line that does not move. Earthquakes begin and end at asperities
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Harshness, as of temper

Go, ribald, get you henceTo your cabin with celerity.This is the consequenceOf ill-advised asperity!.

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Something that is harsh and hard to endure
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harshness or roughness of temper
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{n} roughness of objects, or of temper
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Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity
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Sharpness; disagreeableness; difficulty
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Roughness of surface; unevenness; opposed to smoothness
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Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; opposed to mildness
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something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"
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{i} vulgarity, coarseness; harshness, roughness
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If you say something with asperity, you say it impatiently and severely. `I told you Preskel had no idea,' remarked Kemp with some asperity. = sharpness. if you speak with asperity, you say something in a way that is rough or severe, showing that you are feeling impatient (aspreté, from aspre )
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harshness of manner
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harshness of manner something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters
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A small imperfection or irregularity in the surface of magnetic tape Some gross imperfections can be visible on inspection of the tape, but most are not Asperities are numerous in all tapes and produce asperity noise, heard as a sort of low frequency rumble, in tape-recorded signals
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Roughness as of stone or weather
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An area on a fault that is stuck
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Roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness
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