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sinuosity


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sinuosity  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sinuosity 
  n  :  having  curves;  "he  hated  the  sinuosity  of  mountain  roads" 
  [syn:  {sinuousness}] 




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