Round or rounds may refer to:

Mathematics and science

* Having no sharp corners, as an

ellipse In mathematics, an ellipse is a plane curve surrounding two focus (geometry), focal points, such that for all points on the curve, the sum of the two distances to the focal points is a constant. It generalizes a circle, which is the special ty ...

circle A circle is a shape consisting of all point (geometry), points in a plane (mathematics), plane that are at a given distance from a given point, the Centre (geometry), centre. The distance between any point of the circle and the centre is cal ...

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sphere A sphere (from Ancient Greek, Greek , ) is a surface (mathematics), surface analogous to the circle, a curve. In solid geometry, a sphere is the Locus (mathematics), set of points that are all at the same distance from a given point in three ...

Rounding Rounding or rounding off is the process of adjusting a number to an approximate, more convenient value, often with a shorter or simpler representation. For example, replacing $ with $, the fraction 312/937 with 1/3, or the expression √2 with ...

, reducing the number of significant figures in a number * Round number, ending with one or more zeroes * Round (cryptography) * Roundness (geology) * Roundedness, when pronouncing vowels * Labialization, when pronouncing consonants

Music

* Round (music), a type of composition * ''Rounds'' (album), by Four Tet

Places

* The Round, a theatre in England * Round Point, in the South Shetland Islands * Rounds Mountain, in the US * Round Mountain (disambiguation), several places * Round Valley (disambiguation), several places

Repeated activities

* Round (boxing) * Round (dominoes) * Grand rounds, in medicine * Round of drinks *

Funding round A securities offering (or funding round or investment round) is a discrete round of investment, by which a business or other enterprise raises money to fund operations, expansion, a capital (economics), capital project, an acquisition, or some oth ...

* Doing the rounds, or patrol

Other uses

* Round (surname) * Rounds (surname) *

Round shot A round shot (also called solid shot or simply ball) is a solid spherical projectile without explosive charge, launched from a gun. Its diameter is slightly less than the bore of the barrel from which it is shot. A round shot fired from a lar ...

Cartridge (firearms) A cartridge, also known as a round, is a type of pre-assembled firearm ammunition packaging a projectile ( bullet, shot, or slug), a propellant substance ( smokeless powder, black powder substitute, or black powder) and an ignition device ( ...

* Round steak * Cattle * Bullion coins that are not legal tender, e.g. silver rounds * Rounds (website), a social network * Rounds (video game)

Mathematics and science

Music

Places

Repeated activities

Other uses

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