tortuosity
a tortuous and twisted shape or position - they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs - the acrobat performed incredible contortions • Syn: tortuousness, torsion, contortion, crookedness • Derivationally related forms: contortionist (for: contortion), contort (for: contortion), tortuous (for: tortuousness), tortuous • Hypernyms: distorted shape, distortion
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