sinuosity

English

Etymology

From sinuous +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɪnjuˈɒsɪti/

Noun

sinuosity (countable and uncountable, plural sinuosities)

1. The property of being sinuous.

   Synonym: windiness

   • 1597, Michaell Draiton [i.e., Michael Drayton], “[Englands Heroicall Epistles.] The Epistle of Rosamond to King Henry the Second. Notes of the Chronicle Historie.”, in Poems: […], London: […] [Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] Ling, published 1605, →OCLC, folios 4, verso – 5, recto:

     Meander is a Riuer in Lycia, a Prouince of Natolia, or Aſia minor famous for the ſinuoſitie and often turning thereof, […]

   • 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:

     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.

2. That which is sinuous.

Translations

property of being sinuous

• Bulgarian: криволичене n (krivoličene)
• French: sinuosité (fr)
• German: Windungen (de) f
• Irish: lúbacht f
• Italian: sinuosità (it) f
• Portuguese: sinuosidade (pt) f
• Romanian: sinuozitate (ro) f
• Spanish: sinuosidad f