anfractuosity
anfractuosity noun: a winding channel or crevice, such as occur in the depths of the sea or in mountains.
Noun
anfractuosity (countable and uncountable, plural anfractuosities)
- A winding channel or crevice, such as occur in the depths of the sea or in mountains.
- Here endeth the doctrine of the right-angled sphericalls, the whole diatyposis wherof is in the Equisolea or hippocrepidian diagram, whose most intricate amfractuosities, renvoys, various mixture of analogies, and perturbat situation of proportionall termes, cannot choose but be pervious to the...1645, Sir Thomas Urquhart, The Trissotetras, reprinted in The works of sir Thomas Urquhart (1834), T. Maitland ed., p. 95
- Amfractuosity.1656 Blount Glossogr., cited in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, V1 P1, p. 322
- One of the fissures (sulci) separating the convolutions of the brain, or, by analogy, in the mind.
- The vayne goeth aboue the artier, but not right lyne as other parts doe, but in anfractuosities, like unto a Woodbine.1596, Peter Lowe, Whole Courese of Chirurgerie 241 cited in 1877, A new English Dictionary on Historical Principles V1 P1, 322
- The first or most anterior anfractuosity on the superior surface of the brain is longitudinal, and being the continuation and termination of the principal one on the inferior surface, it extends a very short distance from before backwards.1835, R. Owen, "On the Anatomy of the Cheetah", Felis Schreb, in Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, Volume 1, p. 130
anfractuosity meaning in Tamil and Bengali
anfractuosity in Tamil
- சுற்று வளைவு, கோணல்மாணல், சிக்கற்சுற்று மண்டிலம்
anfractuosity in Bengali
- জটিল বাঁক, পথের ঘুরানো অবস্থা
Examples of anfractuosity in a sentence
- The quarry is usually entered by an anfractuosity of the mountain.1876, Henry Havard, Picturesque Holland: A journey in the provinces of Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe, Overyssel, Guelders and Limbourg...
- At Namoroka, a rapid stream, one of the sources of the Kàpilòza, gushes out, already formed, from an anfractuosity in the rock.1897, London Missionary Society Press, The Antananarvio Annual and Madagascar Magazine, volume 6, page 343:
- “anfractuosity” conveys the idea of a fault or crack in a rock or boulder.1991, ?? (translator), Michel Leiris (author), Rules of the Game (La Règle du jeu), p. 85
- The great anfractuosity, called the fissure of Sylvius, divides the convolutions of the inferior surface into those of the anterior and those of the middle and posterior lobe.1844, Jean Cruveilhier, The Anatomy of the Human Body, page 734:
Forms of anfractuosity
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Origin of anfractuosity
From Latin anfractuosus (“winding”).
Questions about anfractuosity
- What does anfractuosity mean?
- Anfractuosity means a winding channel or crevice, such as occur in the depths of the sea or in mountains.
- What is anfractuosity in Tamil?
- Anfractuosity in Tamil is சுற்று வளைவு, கோணல்மாணல், சிக்கற்சுற்று மண்டிலம். See Anfractuosity meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use anfractuosity in a sentence?
- The quarry is usually entered by an anfractuosity of the mountain.
- What part of speech is anfractuosity?
- Anfractuosity is a noun.
- What is the plural of anfractuosity?
- The plural of anfractuosity is anfractuosities.
Words near anfractuosity in the dictionary
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