Ang kahulugan ng diksyunaryo ng salitang "kagaspangan" ay ang kalidad o estado ng pagiging magaspang, hindi pantay, o hindi makinis. Maaari itong tumukoy sa texture o ibabaw ng isang materyal o bagay, gayundin sa katangian o pag-uugali ng isang tao o sitwasyon na malupit o mahirap. Sa isang teknikal o siyentipikong konteksto, ang gaspang ay maaaring gamitin upang ilarawan ang iregularidad o pagkakaiba-iba sa isang ibabaw, gaya ng gaspang ng isang kalsada, ang gaspang ng isang metal na ibabaw, o ang gaspang ng isang anyong tubig.
1. Fogg and Aouda, happily unaffected by the roughness of the sea, ate with a good appetite, Fix being invited to share their repast, which he accepted with secret chagrin.
2. He could feel the roughness of the rock being slightly scratchy against his bare back.
3. I ran my hand over the scratchy grass, its roughness tickling my palm.
4. He was always ready for either a fight or a frolic but had more mischief than ill-will in his composition and with all his overbearing roughness, there was a strong dash of waggish good humor at bottom.
5. The brown or gray trunks of the trees showed each roughness of their surfaces.
6. Judging by the roughness and the time of year, it has to be the white one.
7. He tossed her up high in the air and then down to the floor with much more roughness than usual.