evenness

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

E'VENNESS, noun The state of being even, level or smooth; equality of surface. 1. Uniformity; regularity; as evenness of motion. 2. Freedom from inclination to either side; equal distance from either extreme. 3. Horizontal position; levelness of surface; as the evenness of a fluid at rest. 4. Impartiality between parties; equal respect. 5. Calmness; equality of temper; freedom from perturbation; a state of mind not subject to elevation or depression; equanimity.
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