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View synonyms for tortuosity
tortuosity
[ tawr-choo-os-i-tee ]
noun
, plural tor·tu·os·i·ties.
- the state of being tortuous; twisted form or course; crookedness.
- a twist, bend, or crook.
- a twisting or crooked part, passage, or thing.
tortuosity
/ ˌtɔːtjʊˈɒsɪtɪ /
noun
- the state or quality of being tortuous
- a twist, turn, or coil
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tortuosity1
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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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