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sin⋅u⋅a⋅tion

[sin-yoo-ey-shuhn]
–noun
a winding; sinuosity.

Origin:
1645–55; < LL sinuātiōn- (s. of sinuātiō). See sinuate, -ion
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sin·u·ate   (sĭn'yōō-ĭt, -āt')   
intr.v.   sin·u·at·ed, sin·u·at·ing, sin·u·ates
To bend or curve; wind in and out: a road that sinuates through the Alps.
adj.   also sin·u·at·ed (-ā'tĭd)
Having a wavy indented margin, as a leaf.

[Latin sinuāre, sinuāt-, to bend, from sinus, curve.]
sin'u·ate·ly adv., sin'u·a'tion n.
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