tortuosity

English

Etymology

Latin tortuositas; compare French tortuosité.

Noun

tortuosity (countable and uncountable, plural tortuosities)

crookedness
(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

Spanish: tortuosidad f
Swedish: tortuositet

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