Dictionary

sinuosity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌsɪnjuˈɒsɪti/

Etymology

Etymology tree English sinuous Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English sinuosity From sinuous + -ity.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The property of being sinuous.
   • She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry. 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
   • Meander is a Riuer in Lycia, a Prouince of Natolia, or Aſia minor famous for the ſinuoſitie and often turning thereof, […] 1597, Michaell [i.e., Michael] Drayton, “The Epistle of Rosamond to King Henry the Second. Notes of the Chronicle Historie”, in Englands Heroicall Epistles, London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] Ling, […], →OCLC, folios 4, verso – 5, recto:
2. (countable, uncountable) That which is sinuous.

Forms

Synonyms

windiness

Translations (8)

ga lúbacht (property of being sinuous) · ro sinuozitate (property of being sinuous) · es sinuosidad (property of being sinuous) · fr sinuosité (property of being sinuous) · de Windungen (property of being sinuous) · pt sinuosidade (property of being sinuous) · it sinuosità (property of being sinuous) · bg криволичене (property of being sinuous)