"tortuosity" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tortuosities [plural]
Etymology: From tortuo(u)s + -ity, from Latin tortuositas; compare French tortuosité. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tortuous|ity|alt1=tortuo(u)s}} tortuo(u)s + -ity, {{der|en|la|tortuositas}} Latin tortuositas, {{cog|fr|tortuosité}} French tortuosité Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tortuosity (countable and uncountable, plural tortuosities)
  1. tortuousness; tortuous condition or nature. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tortuosity-en-noun-fzpE2kH4 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments
  2. Crookedness. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tortuosity-en-noun-W0UlaxDZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 52 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 30 56 14
  3. (physics) A property of curve being tortuous, commonly used to describe diffusion in porous media. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics Translations ((physics) property of curve being tortuous): Tortuosität [feminine] (German), tortuosidade [feminine] (Portuguese), tortuosidad [feminine] (Spanish), tortuositet (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tortuosity-en-noun-uQJHFucy Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of '(physics) property of curve being tortuous': 19 1 80

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