- tortuosity
- [͵tɔ:tʃʋʹɒsıtı] n
1. извилистость, кривизна2. уклончивость, неискренность3. аморальность4. с.-х. извитость (шерсти)
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tortuosity
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Tortuosity — is a property of curve being (twisted; having many turns). There have been several attempts to quantify this property.Tortuosity in 2 DSubjective estimation (sometimes aided by optometric grading scales [Richard M. Pearson. Optometric Grading… … Wikipedia
tortuosity — index involution Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
tortuosity — [tôr΄cho͞o äs′ə tē] n. [L tortuositas] 1. the quality or condition of being tortuous 2. pl. tortuosities a twist, turn, etc … English World dictionary
tortuosity — upės vingiuotumas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Upės vingių visuma. atitikmenys: angl. sinuosity; sinuosity of a river; tortuosity; tortuosity of a river vok. Buchtigkeit des Flusses, f rus. извилистость реки, f … Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
tortuosity — tortuous ► ADJECTIVE 1) full of twists and turns. 2) excessively lengthy and complex. DERIVATIVES tortuosity noun tortuously adverb tortuousness noun. ORIGIN Latin tortuosus, from torquere to twist … English terms dictionary
tortuosity of a river — upės vingiuotumas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Upės vingių visuma. atitikmenys: angl. sinuosity; sinuosity of a river; tortuosity; tortuosity of a river vok. Buchtigkeit des Flusses, f rus. извилистость реки, f … Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
tortuosity — noun (plural ties) Date: 15th century 1. the quality or state of being tortuous 2. something winding or twisted ; bend … New Collegiate Dictionary
tortuosity — /tawr chooh os i tee/, n., pl. tortuosities. 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. [1595 1605; < LL tortuositas. See TORTUOUS, ITY] * * * … Universalium
tortuosity — noun crookedness … Wiktionary
tortuosity — The ratio of actual length of pore channel to over all length of sample. The sinuosity of actual flow path in a porous medium [16] … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
tortuosity — n. quality of being twisted, being full of curves; zigzag; meandering, bendingtor·tu·os·i·ty || ‚tÉ”rtʃʊ É‘sÉ™tɪ / É’sÉ™tɪ … English contemporary dictionary
