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Sinuosity n. (pl. sinuosities)

Quality or state of being sinuous.

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."

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Etymology of 'Sinuosity'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sinuosity" Quotes from Famous Books

... wound. The application which promises to be successful, is that of the 'lunar caustic'. It is perfectly manageable, and, being sharpened to a point, may be applied with certainty to every recess and sinuosity of the wound. ...

— The Dog - A nineteenth-century dog-lovers' manual, - a combination of the essential and the esoteric. • William Youatt

... definite and unchangeable ideas on every subject on earth or in heaven except her own age. As Rachel, followed by Louis Fores, crossed the shop, Miss Malkin looked at them and closed her lips, and lowered her eyelids, and the upper part of her body seemed to curve slightly, with the sinuosity of a serpent—a strange, significant movement, sometimes ill ...

— The Price of Love • Arnold Bennett

Words linked to "Sinuosity" : sinuousness, curved shape