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 ...

, or

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 A round number is an integer that ends with one or more "0 (number), 0"s (zero-digit) in a given Radix, base. So, 590 is rounder than 592, but 590 is less round than 600. In both technical and informal language, a round number is often interpret ...

, ending with one or more zeroes *

Round (cryptography) In cryptography, a round or round function is a basic transformation that is repeated (iteration, iterated) multiple times inside the algorithm. Splitting a large algorithmic function into rounds simplifies both implementation and cryptanalysis. ...

* Roundness (geology) *

Roundedness In phonetics, vowel roundedness is the amount of rounding in the lips during the articulation of a vowel. It is labialization of a vowel. When a ''rounded'' vowel is pronounced, the lips form a circular opening, and ''unrounded'' vowels are pro ...

, when pronouncing vowels *

Labialization Labialization is a secondary articulatory feature of sounds in some languages. Labialized sounds involve the lips while the remainder of the oral cavity produces another sound. The term is normally restricted to consonants. When vowels invol ...

, when pronouncing consonants

Music

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

Places

* The Round, a theatre in England *

Round Point Round Point is a point west of False Round Point on the north coast of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south ...

, 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) The following is a glossary of terms used in dominoes. Besides the terms listed here, there are numerous regional or local slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific, i.e. specific to one particular version of dominoes, but ap ...

Grand rounds Grand rounds are a methodology of medical education and inpatient care, consisting of presenting the medical problems and treatment of a particular patient to an audience consisting of doctors, pharmacists, residents, and medical students. It w ...

, in medicine *

Round of drinks A round of drinks is a set of alcoholic beverages purchased by one person in a group for that complete group. The purchaser buys the round of drinks as a single order at the bar. In many places it is customary for people to take turns buying rou ...

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 A patrol is commonly a group of personnel, such as law enforcement officers, military personnel, or security personnel, that are assigned to monitor or secure a specific geographic area. Etymology The word "patrol" is derived from the Frenc ...

Other uses

Round (surname) The surname Round may refer to: * Barry Round (1950–2022), Australian footballer (Australian rules football) * Carina Round (born 1979), British singer-songwriter * Charles Gray Round (1797–1867), British politician * David Round (born 197 ...

Rounds (surname) The surname Rounds may refer to: * David Rounds (1930–1983), American actor * Lil Rounds (born 1984), American singer * Mike Rounds (born 1954), American politician from South Dakota * Luke Rounds (born 1991), Australian footballer (Australi ...

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 A round steak is a beef steak from the "round", the rear end of the cow. The round is divided into cuts including the eye (of) round, bottom round, and top round, with or without the "round" bone (femur), and may include the knuckle ( sirloin ti ...

Cattle Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates widely kept as livestock. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus '' Bos''. Mature female cattle are calle ...

Bullion coins A bullion coin (also known as a specie) is a coin struck from highly refined precious metal (bullion) and kept as a store of value or an investment rather than used in day-to-day commerce, or collectable, with numismatic value beyond that of its ...

that are not legal tender, e.g. silver rounds *

Rounds (website) Rounds (formally known as 6rounds) is a video-enabled real-time social network with collaborative browsing, chat, multi-player gaming and built-in social recommendation features that can be expanded through an open API. Rounds was founded by Isra ...

, a social network * Rounds (video game)

Mathematics and science

Music

Places

Repeated activities

Other uses

See also