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tortuosity

[tawr-choo-os-i-tee] / ˌtɔr tʃuˈɒs ɪ ti /


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Lateral passages branched out on either side in such labyrinthine tortuosity of confusion that Nidia’s first thought was how it would be possible for any one to find his way through here a second time.

From John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising by Mitford, Bertram

No description could exaggerate the tortuosity of the Linggi or the abruptness of its windings.

From The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

In the fundus are seen increased tortuosity of the retinal vessels and their terminal twigs with more or less bending of the vessels at their crossings.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall

It is this last characteristic that imparts real value to Dunton's book, and makes it, despite its verbiage and tortuosity, throb with human interest.

From In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays by Birrell, Augustine

The different depths of the ocean, the obstructions of islands, and continents, clouds and sunshine, and a great many other agencies, combine to give this tortuosity and seeming irregularity to the currents.

From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael




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