tortuosity

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin tortuositas; compare French tortuosité.

Noun

tortuosity (countable and uncountable, plural tortuosities)

1. crookedness
2. (physics) A property of curve being tortuous, commonly used to describe diffusion in porous media.

Translations

crookedness — see crookedness

(physics) property of curve being tortuous

• German: Tortuosität f
• Portuguese: tortuosidade f
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• Spanish: tortuosidad f
• Swedish: tortuositet