sinuous
pronunciation
How to pronounce sinuous in British English:
UK [ˈsɪnjuəs]
How to pronounce sinuous in American English:
US [ˈsɪnjuəs]
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- Adjective:
- curved or curving in and out
Word Origin
- sinuous
- sinuous: see sine
- sinuous (adj.)
- "full of turns and curves," 1570s, from Latin sinuosus "full of curves, folds, or bendings," from sinus "curve, fold, bend" (see sinus). Related: Sinuously; sinuousness.
Example
- 1. Researchers call the type shown here a " sinuous " rille , exhibiting strong meanders .
- 2. The female digs a trough with sinuous flicks of her body .
- 3. Countless lakes , sloughs , and ponds are scattered throughout this scene of the yukon delta . The river 's sinuous , branching waterways seem like blood vessels branching out to enclose an organ .
- 4. The city 's mountainous topography , sinuous coastline and limited two-line metro system mean that transport is primarily by bus .
- 5. Trees branch in a consistent way , leaves take their genetic form , rivers carve a sinuous route , snowflakes fall in their basic hexameter shape .