English noun: tortuosity | |||
| 1. | tortuosity (shape) a tortuous and twisted shape or position | ||
| Samples | They built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs. The acrobat performed incredible contortions. | ||
| Synonyms | contortion, crookedness, torsion, tortuousness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | distorted shape, distortion | ||