Definition of Sinuous

1. Adjective. Curved or curving in and out. "Wiggly lines"

Exact synonyms: Sinuate, Wiggly
Similar to: Curved, Curving
Derivative terms: Sinuosity, Sinuousness

Definition of Sinuous

1. a. Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form; winding; crooked.

Definition of Sinuous

1. Adjective. Having curves in alternate directions; meandering. ¹

2. Adjective. Moving gracefully and supplely. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sinuous

1. characterized by curves, bends, or turns [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sinuous

sinuate
sinuated
sinuately
sinuates
sinuating
sinuation
sinuations
sinuatrial
sinuatrial chamber
sinuatrial nodal artery
sinuatrial node
sinuitis
sinuose
sinuosities
sinuosity
sinuous (current term)
sinuously
sinuousness
sinuousnesses
sinupalliate
sinus
sinus alae parvae
sinus anales
sinus aortae
sinus arrest
sinus arrhythmia
sinus barotrauma
sinus bradycardia
sinus caroticus
sinus cavernosus

Literary usage of Sinuous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery by Thomas Wharton Jones (1863)
"Inflammatory swelling, abscess, or sinuous ulcer in the region over the lachrymal sac. Inflammation of the skin and subjacent cellular tissue in the region ..."

2. The Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery by Thomas Wharton Jones (1863)
"Inflammatory swelling, abscess, or sinuous ulcer in the region over the lachrymal sac. Symptoms.—There is at first diffused erysipelatous-like redness and ..."

3. Electricity Treated Experimentally, for the Use of Schools and Students by Linnaeus Cumming (1887)
"Equivalence of a sinuous and Straight Current.—Ampere laid down the rule that a sinuous ... We thus have an exterior sinuous current of about 24 yards, ..."

4. Electricity Treated Experimentally, for the Use of Schools and Students by Linnaeus Cumming (1887)
"Equivalence of a sinuous and Straight Current.—Ampere laid down the rule that a sinuous ... We thus have an exterior sinuous current of about 24 yards, ..."

5. Electricity, for Public Schools and Colleges by Walter Larden (1889)
"Principle of sinuous Currents.—Referring to § 2, we see it stated as the ... This equivalence of simple and sinuous wires is called the ' Principle of ..."

6. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"This, where the sunlight struck it, gleamed like an outstretched band of gold. It was the sinuous Colorado, yellow as the Tiber. A BIT OF THE RIVER. ..."

7. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"This, where the sunlight struck it, gleamed like an outstretched band of gold. It was the sinuous Colorado, yellow as the Tiber. A BIT OF THE RIVER. ..."

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