tortuosity
tortuosity · tortuosities
Tortuosität
Tortuousness; tortuous condition or natureTortuousness; tortuous condition or nature.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Tortuousness; tortuous condition or nature.
(countable, uncountable)Crookedness.
(countable, uncountable)A property of curve being tortuous, commonly used to describe diffusion in porous media.
Tortuosität
More definitions
- a tortuous and twisted shape or position
Translations
3 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
(physics) property of curve being tortuous:
Origin
From tortuo(u)s + -ity, from Latin tortuositas; compare French tortuosité.From tortuo(u)s + -ity, from Latin tortuositas; compare French tortuosité.
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Forms
plural: tortuosities| Singular | tortuosity |
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regular
Synonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- a tortuous and twisted shape or position:tortuousnesstorsioncontortioncrookedness
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedtortuous
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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