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Definition of Tortuous

Tortuous
Tortuous Tor"tu*ous, a. [OE. tortuos, L. tortuosus, fr. tortus a twisting, winding, fr. torquere, tortum, to twist: cf. F. tortueux. See Torture.] 1. Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla. The badger made his dark and tortuous hole on the side of every hill where the copsewood grew thick. --Macaulay. 2. Fig.: Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful. That course became somewhat lesstortuous, when the battle of the Boyne had cowed the spirit of the Jakobites. --Macaulay. 3. Injurious: tortious. [Obs.] 4. (Astrol.) Oblique; -- applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely. [Obs.] --Skeat. Infortunate ascendent tortuous. --Chaucer. --Tor"tu*ous*ly, adv. -- Tor"tu*ous*ness, n.

Meaning of Tortuous from wikipedia

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- A varix (pl.: varices) is an abnormally dilated vessel with a tortuous course. Varices usually occur in the venous system, but may also occur in arterial...
- smaller molecules can p**** into smaller pores and take a longer, more tortuous path and elute later. In pharmaceutical sciences, tortuosity is used in...
- (formerly known as the common bile duct). Its length varies. It is often tortuous. The cystic duct typically measures (sources differ) 2–4 cm/2–3 cm in length...
- Rajeev Masand gave the film 1 out of 5 stars, and stated "Welcome the tortuous comedy." The Hindu's negative review entitled "No, thank you!" concludes...
- sessions as "falling within a difficult period" and Waters found them "tortuous". Gilmour was more interested in improving the band's existing material...
- translucent in this region, but where these vessels become dilated and tortuous, they may appear round and black like caviar. Caviar tongue is also referred...
- because the chieftain did not have the required rights; this made progress tortuous, and the plan was abandoned in 1543, not to be replaced. The complexities...
- and exhibits a tortuous, convoluted initial/proximal section (which measures 2–3 cm in length). Distally, it forms a dilated and tortuous segment termed...
- constraints that he was facing – is contradicted by Henson's account of tortuous detours to avoid pressure ridges and open leads. The British explorer Wally...