English language
Toggle Transcript
sinuosity::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | sinuousness |
| Type of | curve, curved shape |
| Derivation | sinuous |
he hated the sinuosity of mountain roads.
Examples of sinuosity
sinuosity
The sinuosity index plays a part in mathematical descriptions of streams.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Sinuosity is one of the channel types that a stream may assume over all or part of its course.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It turns out the average river has a sinuosity of about 3.14.
From the newscientist.com
Sinuosity Index has a non-mathematical utility as well.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The appeal of flesh and its sinuosity is timeless.
From the guardian.co.uk
It moves with a surprisingly graceful sinuosity.
From the newscientist.com
During the experiments, as the channel migrated into chutes or the sinuosity increased, individual bends cut off as the channel took a shorter path.
From the sciencedaily.com
This allows us to extract details on areas of occurrence and group formation, speeds of travel and path sinuosity, duration of travel and persistence of groups.
From the scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com
For alluvial streams, straight and braided rivers have very low sinuosity and flow directly down hill, while meandering rivers flow from side to side across a valley.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Having curves; "he hated the sinuosity of mountain roads"
- The ratio of the length of a river's thalweg to the length of the valley proper. A measure of a river's meandering. Rivers with a sinuosity less than 1.5 are usually considered straight.
- The ratio of channel length to direct down-valley distance. Also may be expressed as the ratio of down-valley slope to channel slope.
- The ratio of the channel length between two points on a channel to the straight-line distance between the same two points; a measure of meandering.
