Sinuosity

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sinuosity \Sin`u*os"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Sinuosities}. [Cf. F.
     sinuosit['e].]
     1. Quality or state of being sinuous.
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     2. A bend, or a series of bends and turns; a winding, or a


        series of windings; a wave line; a curve.
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              A line of coast certainly amounting, with its
              sinuosities, to more than 700 miles.  --Sydney
                                                    Smith.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sinuosity
       n : having curves; "he hated the sinuosity of mountain roads"
           [syn: {sinuousness}]