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What does asperity mean?

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Noun
  1. Roughness as of stone or weather.
  2. Harshness, as of temper.
  3. Something that is harsh and difficult to endure.
  4. (geology) A part of a geological fault line that does not move.
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Samples, tapes, synths, drum programmes and all-sorts have been embedded into the sound to create a dynamic asperity.
He opposed devolution consistently, and with some asperity, precisely because of its potential to elide into independence.
Final is lightly marked by a certain asperity conferred by the still young tannins of red wine.
From this Claude went on to remark with asperity that Murillo painted like an ignoramus.
With a high contact area, there is a sealed surface with asperity indentations.
I tried to express my grief and sympathy, but he cut me short with some asperity.

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