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Meaning of SINUOSITY

Pronunciation:  `sinyû'âsitee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  having curves; "he hated the sinuosity of mountain roads"
 
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 Synonyms: sinuousness
 
 See Also: curve, curved shape

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sin`u*os"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Sinuosities}. [Cf. F.
sinuosit['e].]
1. Quality or state of being sinuous.
2. A bend, or a series of bends and turns; a winding, or a
   series of windings; a wave line; a curve.
         A line of coast certainly amounting, with its
         sinuosities, to more than 700 miles.  --Sydney
                                               Smith.
 
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Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. The ratio of channel length between two points on a channel to the straight line distance between the same two points.
  2. The ratio of channel length to down valley length.
 
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