sinuosity
21sinuosity — n. (pl. ies) 1 the state of being sinuous. 2 a bend, esp. in a stream or road. Etymology: F sinuositeacute or med.L sinuositas (as SINUOUS) …
22Sinuosities — Sinuosity Sin u*os i*ty, n.; pl. {Sinuosities}. [Cf. F. sinuosit[ e].] 1. Quality or state of being sinuous. [1913 Webster] 2. A bend, or a series of bends and turns; a winding, or a series of windings; a wave line; a curve. [1913 Webster] A line …
23Meander — For other uses, see Meander (disambiguation). A hypothetical stream bed following a tilted valley. The maximum gradient is along the down valley axis represented by a hypothetical straight channel. Meanders develop, which lengthen the course of… …
24Oxbow lake — Songhua River, northeast China. Swirls and curves, showing paths the river once took, as well as oxbow lakes, are easily seen in this satellite photo. An oxbow lake is a U shaped body of water formed when a wide meander from the main stem of a… …
25river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… …
26sinuousness — noun having curves he hated the sinuosity of mountain roads • Syn: ↑sinuosity • Derivationally related forms: ↑sinuous, ↑sinuous (for: ↑sinuosity) …
27Vermont Street (San Francisco) — Vermont Street is a north south street located in the Potrero Hill district of San Francisco, California. It begins at Division Street near the South of Market area, and runs south, paralleling the U.S. Route 101 freeway. The street ends when it… …
28Southeast Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines. The classical literatures of Southeast Asia can be divided into three major regions: the Sanskrit region of… …
29Curvature — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Curvature >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 curvature curvature curvity curvation Sgm: N 1 incurvature incurvature incurvity| Sgm: N 1 incurvation incurvation Sgm: N 1 bend bend Sgm: N 1 flexure …
30Convolution — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Complex curvature. < N PARAG:Convolution >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 winding winding &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 convolution convolution involution circumvolution Sgm: N 1 wave wave undulation tortuosity anfractu …
