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asperity::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | sharpness |
| Type of | ill nature |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | grimness, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity |
| Type of | difficultness, difficulty |
| Has types | sternness |
the asperity of northern winters.
Examples of asperity
asperity
The U.S. responded with asperity to this display of public relations diplomacy.
From the time.com
The asperity of that world is no novelty for Craig's 007.
From the guardian.co.uk
I do apologize upfront for the asperity of my statements.
From the economist.com
To experimentally address the pressure dependence of the thermal conductance of a single-asperity contact is challenging.
From the nature.com
When two macroscopically smooth surfaces come into contact, initially they only touch at a few of these asperity points.
From the en.wikipedia.org
This time guests responded with some asperity.
From the time.com
Above all, Kemp is a man with vision and optimism to spare, the perfect antidote to Dole's asperity and narrow focus.
From the time.com
Although under debate for mechanical contacts, there is no theory to describe thermal transport across atomic-scale multi-asperity contacts.
From the nature.com
To overcome the alignment problem, we fabricated nanoscale single-asperity contacts in situ, that is, within the scanning thermal microscope apparatus.
From the nature.com
- Something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"
- Harshness of manner
- Asperity may refer to:
- Roughness as of stone or weather; Something that is harsh and hard to endure; Harshness, as of temper; A part of a geological fault line that does not move. Earthquakes begin and end at asperities
- (Asperities) Microscopic projections on metal surfaces resulting from normal surface-finishing processes. Opposing asperities in sliding or rolling applications create friction, and can lead to metal welding and scoring. ...
- (asperities) three-dimensional irregularities forming the surface of an irregular stone (or rock) subject to wear and rounding during attraction
- (Asperous) "like quills upon the fretful porcupine", arborescent, bearded, befringed, bushy, ciliated, cragged, craggy, crankling, crinite, crinose, crisp, feathery, filamentous, fimbriated, fringed, gnarled, hairy, hirsute, hispid, knotted, knurly, laciniate, laciniform, laciniose, leafy, ...
- (Asperous) Rough; harsh to the touch.
- A term used in wear technology or tribology to describe a peak or projection from a surface.
