Meaning & use
tortuosity
The quality of being winding, twisted, or full of turns, rather than following a straight path.
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The tortuosity of the mountain road made the short journey feel much longer.
Doctors noted unusual tortuosity in the patient's retinal blood vessels during the scan.
A note on using this word
Tortuosity is common in technical and medical writing, especially describing rivers, roads, or blood vessels that curve repeatedly.
Words with a similar meaning
twistinessconvolution
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Words with an opposite meaning
straightness
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