Definition of Sinuosity

1. Noun. Having curves. "He hated the sinuosity of mountain roads"

Exact synonyms: Sinuousness
Generic synonyms: Curve, Curved Shape
Derivative terms: Sinuous, Sinuous

Definition of Sinuosity

1. n. Quality or state of being sinuous.

Definition of Sinuosity

1. Noun. The property of being sinuous. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sinuosity

1. [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sinuosity

sintirs
sinuate
sinuated
sinuately
sinuates
sinuating
sinuation
sinuations
sinuatrial
sinuatrial chamber
sinuatrial nodal artery
sinuatrial node
sinuitis
sinuose
sinuosities
sinuosity (current term)
sinuous
sinuously
sinuousness
sinuousnesses
sinupalliate
sinus
sinus alae parvae
sinus anales
sinus aortae
sinus arrest
sinus arrhythmia
sinus barotrauma
sinus bradycardia
sinus caroticus

Literary usage of Sinuosity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Supplementary Volume[s]. by John Lawson Stoddard (1902)
"This famous waterway surpasses the Columbia in importance to Canadians, as well as in the sinuosity and ..."

2. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1902)
"This famous waterway surpasses the Columbia in importance to Canadians, as well as in the sinuosity and fury of its course. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1865)
"... much the same shape, excepting that it is proportionally wider ; inferior lateral lobe consisting merely of a broad rounded sinuosity. (Surface unknown. ..."

4. Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1824)
"Even the most learned combination of all these circumstances, only procures us mean values the more probable, as a great number of sinuosity sure and ..."

5. Exotic Conchology: Or, Figures and Descriptions of Rare, Beautiful, Or by William Swainson (1841)
"... with the anterior extremity of the upper margin deeply incurved and contracted, and the hinge margin of course corresponding in its sinuosity. ..."

6. A Conchological Dictionary of the British Islands by William Turton (1819)
"Independently of the sinuosity, it differs materially from all such as seem allied to it, in its contour, especially in the singular : circumstance of ..."

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