tortuosity
构词拆分
tortuous词根/词干
+
-ity后缀
Used to form an uncountable noun from an adjective; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description. · Used to form a countable noun from an adjective, referring to someone or something that conforms to the adjective's description.
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 源自 ←拉丁语 tortuositas
词源说明
From tortuo(u)s + -ity, from Latin tortuositas; compare French tortuosité.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- tortuousness; tortuous condition or nature.
- Crookedness.
- (physics) A property of curve being tortuous, commonly used to describe diffusion in porous media.