tortuosity

American  

[tawr-choo-os-i-tee] / ˌtɔr tʃuˈɒs ɪ ti /

noun

plural

tortuosities

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.

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tortuosity British  

/ ˌtɔːtjʊˈɒsɪtɪ /

noun

1. the state or quality of being tortuous

2. a twist, turn, or coil

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Etymology

Origin of tortuosity

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

Example Sentences

Varix, vā′riks, n. abnormal dilatation or tortuosity of a vein:—pl.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

How little of the tortuosity of metaphysics is here;—but what grand efficacity of super-ethics!

From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Morris, Kenneth

Step by step the tortured mind of Chopin arrived at a state of sickly irritability; his emotions increased to a feverish tremor, producing that involution, that tortuosity of thought, which mark his latest works.

From Life of Chopin by Cook, Martha Elizabeth Duncan Walker

He who cheats his neighbour believes in tortuosity, and, as Carlyle says, has the Supreme Quack for his God.

From Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher by Jones, Henry, Sir

This naturally suggests the ideas of curvature and tortuosity, which are fully dealt with mathematically, before the notion of velocity is introduced.

From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew