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The study revealed that the rugosity of the coral -- the roughness of the habitat -- plays more of a factor for the fish than whether the coral is alive or dead.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2024

They would benefit, of course, from route descriptions, maps, and photographs showing each rugosity on the mountain.

From The Guardian • Nov. 8, 2018

Kutter's alone seemed to be of general applicability; when the surface slope measurement is good, and the rugosity coefficient known for the site—both doubtful matters—it would probably give results within 7½ per cent. of error.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 by Various

It is very abundant, but so exactly does it resemble the bark in colour and rugosity, and so closely does it cling to the branches, that until it moves it is absolutely invisible!

From Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays by Wallace, Alfred Russel