Definitions for tortuosity

tortuosity tor·tu·os·i·ty

Spelling: [tawr-choo-os-i-tee]
IPA: /ˌtɔr tʃuˈɒs ɪ ti/

Tortuosity is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 239 anagrams from letters in tortuosity (ioorstttuy).

Definitions for tortuosity

noun

  1. the state of being tortuous; twisted form or course; crookedness.
  2. a twist, bend, or crook.
  3. a twisting or crooked part, passage, or thing.

Origin of tortuosity

From the Late Latin word tortuōsitās, dating back to 1595-1605. See tortuous, -ity

Examples for tortuosity

I allude to the enormous, almost preternatural magnitude of the wild-grape vine, and its tortuosity.

There is no tortuosity of thought to pardon or to forget; it is one unbroken interwoven strain of music, of imagery, of sentiment.

We had twenty miles to go, "as the birds fly," but the tortuosity of the channels rendered our course fully a third longer.

Word Value for tortuosity
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