The quality or state of being bound, limited, or constrained.
From 'bound' (adjective: limited or obligated) plus the suffix '-ness' to form an abstract noun expressing the condition of being bound or restricted.
The 'boundness' of gravity—how we're forever tethered to Earth—wasn't fully understood until Einstein showed us that even spacetime itself has boundaries.
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