ruggedness (n.)

  1. the property of being big and strong

    [ Syn: huskiness , toughness ]

  2. the quality of being topologically uneven; the ruggedness of the mountains'

  3. the quality of being difficult to do; he assigned a series of problems of increasing hardness; the ruggedness of his exams caused half the class to fail

    [ Syn: hardness ]

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