What does tortuosity mean?
Definitions for tortuosity
ˌtɔr tʃuˈɒs ɪ titor·tu·os·i·ty
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Princeton's WordNet
tortuosity, tortuousness, torsion, contortion, crookednessnoun
a tortuous and twisted shape or position
"they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat performed incredible contortions"
Wiktionary
tortuositynoun
crookedness
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Tortuositynoun
Wreath; flexure.
Etymology: from tortuous.
These the midwife contriveth unto a knot close unto the body of the infant, from whence ensueth that tortuosity, or complicated nodosity, called the navel. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Err.
Wikipedia
Tortuosity
Tortuosity is widely used as a critical parameter to predict transport properties of porous media, such as rocks and soils. But unlike other standard microstructural properties, the concept of tortuosity is vague with multiple definitions and various evaluation methods introduced in different contexts. Hydraulic, electrical, diffusional, and thermal tortuosities are defined to describe different transport processes in porous media, while geometrical tortuosity is introduced to characterize the morphological property of porous microstructures.
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tortuosity
Tortuosity is a property of curve, or surface of an object which indicates how much it deviates from being a straight line, or a plane, respectively. It may also refer to the condition of being twisted or having many turns. In a medical context, tortuosity refers to the state of being twisted, especially of a bodily conduit such as a blood vessel or nerve. It is often used in scientific and technical fields such as physics, geology, and medical imaging.
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Tortuosity
Tortuosity is a property of curve being tortuous. There have been several attempts to quantify this property. Tortuosity is commonly used to describe diffusion in porous media, such as soils and snow.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tortuosity in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tortuosity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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