Ratio of the curvilinear length (along the curve) and the Euclidean distance (straight line) between end points of a curve.
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Examples for "sinuosity "
Examples for "sinuosity "
1 They swept and pulled and tripped and slammed, moving with quick and jerky sinuosity .
2 Each sinuosity forms a marsh more or less extensive.
3 The river then trends in a northerly direction for seven miles, without any sinuosity of consequence.
4 The coast stretched eastward with little sinuosity , and was sandy, but not so low as before.
5 The river's sinuosity itself generates enormous force.
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