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smooth 1. (of the skin) free from hair 2. not harsh or astringent 3. Maths (of a curve) differentiable at every point 4. Physics (of a plane, surface, etc.) regarded as being frictionless 5. Tennis squash badminton the side of a racket on which the binding strings form a continuous line smooth [smüth] (oceanography) Comparatively calm water between heavy seas. (statistics) To modify a sequential set of numerical data items in a manner designed to reduce the differences in value between adjacent items. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The shore is composed of a belt of smooth rounded white stones like paving-stones, excepting one or two short sand beaches, and is so steep that in many places a single leap will carry you into water over your head; and were it not for its remarkable transparency, that would be the last to be seen of its bottom till it rose on the opposite side.
A SHEPHERD, keeping watch over his sheep near the shore, saw the Sea very calm and smooth, and longed to make a voyage with a view to commerce. Resting by the wayside a little later, the Tramp carved upon the smooth bark of a birch-tree the words, "John Gump, Champion Genius. |
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