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Definition of Sinuosity
1. Noun. Having curves. "He hated the sinuosity of mountain roads"
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
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sinuosity
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 ..."