noun
Meaning 1
The property of being sinuous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: windiness
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sinuosity
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/ˌsɪnjuˈɒsɪti/
noun
Meaning 2
That which is sinuous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
having curves
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he hated the sinuosity of mountain roads
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sinuousness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: curve, curved shape
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English sinuous Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English sinuosity From sinuous + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: криволичене (krivoličene) — property of being sinuous
- French: sinuosité — property of being sinuous
- German: Windungen — property of being sinuous
- Irish: lúbacht — property of being sinuous
- Italian: sinuosità — property of being sinuous
- Portuguese: sinuosidade — property of being sinuous
- Romanian: sinuozitate — property of being sinuous
- Spanish: sinuosidad — property of being sinuous