sinuous

Synonyymisanakirja

sinuous

kaareva, aaltoileva, mutkitteleva, venkurainen, kiemurteleva, kiemurainen.

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Englannin sanakirja

sinuous (englanti > suomi)

1. kiemurteleva, mutkitteleva; meanderoiva of river, technical term

2. sulava, sulavaliikkeinen

sinuous englanniksi

1. Having curves in alternate directions; meandering.

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2. (quote-book)|year=1862|volume=II|page=276|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ZotAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA276|oclc=|passage=When a transverse, or, within certain limits, an oblique impulse, impinges laterally upon a continuous mountain range, two movements of vibration are communicated; the one, a wave transmitted along and in the line of the axis, the other a transverse wave, which causes the axial line to sway laterally, and transmit a quam prox. horizontal transverse wave, along from one end to the other; like the sinuous movement which travels along a long rope when, hanging suspended between two points at the same level, it is jerked suddenly at one end, transversely to its length.

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4. (quote-journal)|date=28 March 2016|passage=This is the perfect climbing tree: wrought by two centuries of good London living, its sinuous spread presents any number of routes into the canopy.

5. Moving gracefully and in a supple manner.

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