tortuosity

[ tawr-choo-os-i-tee ]

noun

, plural tor·tu·os·i·ties.

1. the state of being tortuous; twisted form or course; crookedness.
2. a twist, bend, or crook.
3. a twisting or crooked part, passage, or thing.

tortuosity

/ ˌtɔːtjʊˈɒsɪtɪ /

noun

1. the state or quality of being tortuous
2. a twist, turn, or coil

Word History and Origins

Origin of tortuosity¹

From the Late Latin word tortuōsitās, dating back to 1595–1605. See tortuous, -ity

Example Sentences

The team analyzed the width and tortuosity of retinal arteries and veins to develop prediction models for stroke, heart attack, and death from circulatory disease.

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We had twenty miles to go, "as the birds fly," but the tortuosity of the channels rendered our course fully a third longer.

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These changes give rise to marked tortuosity of the vessels.

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There is no tortuosity of thought to pardon or to forget; it is one unbroken interwoven strain of music, of imagery, of sentiment.

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I allude to the enormous, almost preternatural magnitude of the wild-grape vine, and its tortuosity.

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