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Definition of Sinuously

Sinuously
Sinuous Sin"u*ous, a. [L. sinuosus, fr. sinus a bent surface, a curve: cf. F. sinueux. See Sinus.] Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form; winding; crooked. -- Sin"u*ous*ly, adv. Streaking the ground with sinuous trace. --Milton. Gardens bright with sinuous rills. --Coleridge.

Meaning of Sinuously from wikipedia

- Sinuosity, sinuosity index, or sinuosity coefficient of a continuously differentiable curve having at least one inflection point is the ratio of the curvilinear...
- 2013[update], 195 sinuous rilles have been identified on the Moon. Vallis Schröteri in Oce**** Procellarum is the largest sinuous rille, and Rima Hadley...
- Palpable in its entire length, the crest is convex superiorly but is sinuously curved, being concave inward in front, concave outward behind. It is thinner...
- Colpomenia sinuosa, commonly named the oyster thief or sinuous ballweed, is a brown algae species in the genus Colpomenia. It is the type species of its...
- wide inner wall and a low central rise. To the north of Diophantus is the sinuous rille designated Rima Diophantus, named after the crater. Diophantus C...
- proximity of the ancient Ionian city Miletus. The river was well known for its sinuous, curving pattern, and gives its name to the common term used to describe...
- A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the channel of a river or other watercourse. It is produced as a watercourse erodes the sediments...
- observed attaching to divers as well. They swim well on their own, with a sinuous, or curved, motion. Remora front dorsal fins have evolved to enable them...
- of the wrist. The inferior surface, directed lateralward, is concave, sinuously curved, and smooth for articulation with the hamate. The dorsal surface...
- letter, he wrote, "I know very well that the studies drawn with long, sinuous lines from the last consignment weren't what they ought to become, however...