tortuosity

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) tortuousness; tortuous condition or nature.
2. (countable, uncountable) Crookedness.
3. (countable, uncountable) A property of curve being tortuous, commonly used to describe diffusion in porous media.

Sinonieme

crookedness

tortuousness

contortion

evasiveness

sinuosity

torsion

curvature

indirection

insincerity

Vertalings

sinuosité

torsió

Gewundenheit

συστροφή

σύσπαση

contorsion

tortuosité

sinuosità

tortuosità

torsión

tortuosidad

eğri büğrülük

تعرج

eğrilik

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Frans: tortuosité

In summary

From tortuo(u)s + -ity, from Latin tortuositas; compare French tortuosité.