roughness

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Roughness for active faults and fractures along tectonic faults as well as pre-existing but inactive faults in geological reservoirs are difficult to characterize.

From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2024

She also mistakenly described the Necessary Roughness character Terrence “TK” King as a running back; he is a wide receiver.

From Slate • Feb. 22, 2013

After his playing career, Davidson became a successful actor with roles in films like "M-A-S-H," "Conan the Barbarian" and "Necessary Roughness" and he played himself in Miller Lite ads.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 4, 2012

Necessary Roughness may have found the perfect way to incorporate athletes into its fictional world without becoming pigeon-holed: It has gradually shifted the focus away from the Hawks’ facility and into Dr. Dani’s consulting room.

From Slate • Jun. 14, 2012

Roughness will never attain artistic justification, not even in the case of the greatest individual singers, because it is an offence.

From How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] by Aldrich, Richard