tortuosity

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 — [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

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