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Webster 1913 Edition


Sinuosity

Sinˊu-os′i-ty

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Sinuosities
(#)
.
[Cf. F.
sinuosité
.]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sinuosity

SINUOS'ITY

,
Noun.
[L. sinuosus, sinus.] The quality of bending or curving in and out; or a series of bends and turns in arches or other irregular figures.