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noun
tortuousness; tortuous condition or nature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Crookedness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A property of curve being tortuous, commonly used to describe diffusion in porous media.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
a tortuous and twisted shape or position
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: tortuousness, torsion, contortion, crookedness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: distorted shape, distortion
History
From tortuo(u)s + -ity, from Latin tortuositas; compare French tortuosité.
Across languages
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