2. A bend, or a series of bends and turns; a winding, or a
series of windings; a wave line; a curve.
[1913 Webster]
A line of coast certainly amounting, with its sinuosities, to more than 700 miles. --Sydney Smith. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
sinuosity — index complication, involution Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
sinuosity — [sin΄yo͞o äs′ə tē] n. [Fr sinuosité] 1. the state or quality of being sinuous 2. pl. sinuosities a sinuous turn or movement; undulation … English World dictionary
Sinuosity — Sinuous redirects here. For the fictional snake from the animated children s television series The Animals of Farthing Wood, see Sinuous (Farthing Wood). Calculation of sinuosity for an oscillating curve. Sinuosity or sinuosity index is a measure … Wikipedia
sinuosity — upės vingiuotumas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Upės vingių visuma. atitikmenys: angl. sinuosity; sinuosity of a river; tortuosity; tortuosity of a river vok. Buchtigkeit des Flusses, f rus. извилистость реки, f … Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
sinuosity — /sin yooh os i tee/, n., pl. sinuosities. 1. Often, sinuosities. a curve, bend, or turn: a sinuosity of the road. 2. a sinuous form or character. [1590 1600; < ML sinuositas. See SINUOUS, ITY] * * * … Universalium
sinuosity — vingis statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Vingiuota linija, lanko pavidalo posūkis, lankstas (pvz., kelio vingis, upės vingis). atitikmenys: angl. bend; curve; sinuosity; zigzag vok. Krümmung, f; Kurve, f rus. зигзаг, m; изгиб … Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
sinuosity — sinuous ► ADJECTIVE 1) having many curves and turns. 2) lithe and supple. DERIVATIVES sinuosity noun sinuously adverb. ORIGIN Latin sinuosus, from sinus a bend … English terms dictionary
sinuosity of a river — upės vingiuotumas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Upės vingių visuma. atitikmenys: angl. sinuosity; sinuosity of a river; tortuosity; tortuosity of a river vok. Buchtigkeit des Flusses, f rus. извилистость реки, f … Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
sinuosity — noun (plural ties) Date: 1598 1. the quality or state of being sinuous 2. something that is sinuous … New Collegiate Dictionary
sinuosity — degree of meandering of a river channel … Dictionary of ichthyology
