ASPERITY

asperity

Noun

  1. Roughness as of stone or weather.
    asperity of Maine's winter
  2. Harshness, as of temper.
  3. Something that is harsh and difficult to endure.
  4. A part of a geological fault line that does not move.
    Earthquakes begin and end at asperities.


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