Metal Fabricating Glossary

surface roughness

 noun

Definitions

1. Fine irregularities in the surface texture of a material, usually including those resulting from the inherent action of the production process. Surface roughness is usually reported as the arithmetic roughness Ra and is given in micrometers or microinches.

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