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convolutedness

convolutedness noun: the quality of being convoluted.

Noun

convolutedness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being convoluted.
    • Mr. D. J. Cunningham, of Dublin, in a communication addressed to our contemporary Nature, brings into evidence the theory of Zelgersina, who explains the convolutedness or otherwise of the brain on mechanical grounds.1890, “How the Cerebral Convolutions are Produced”, in The Cincinnati Lancet-clinic, volume 64, page 233
    • A classic way of measuring the degree of convolutedness of a brain has been to determine the exposed surface relative to the total surface of the cerebral cortex.1978, Sydney Frost, Whales and whaling, page 189

Origin of convolutedness

From convoluted + -ness.

Questions about convolutedness

What does convolutedness mean?
Convolutedness means the quality of being convoluted.
What part of speech is convolutedness?
Convolutedness is a noun.

Words near convolutedness in the dictionary

  1. convokes
  2. convoking
  3. convolute
  4. convoluted
  5. convolutedly
  6. convolutedness
  7. convolutely
  8. convolutes
  9. convolutid
  10. convolutids
  11. convoluting

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