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TORTUOSITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tortuous and twisted shape or position
Example:
the acrobat performed incredible contortions
Synonyms:
contortion; crookedness; torsion; tortuosity; tortuousness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("tortuosity" is a kind of...):
distorted shape; distortion (a shape resulting from distortion)
Derivation:
tortuous (marked by repeated turns and bends)
