Anfractuosity
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Anfractuosity is a noun meaning A winding channel or crevice, such as occur in the depths of the sea or in mountains.
Meaning
A winding channel or crevice, such as occur in the depths of the sea or in mountains.
More Meanings
- One of the fissures (sulci) separating the convolutions of the brain, or, by analogy, in the mind.
Example Sentences
Amfractuosity.
The quarry is usually entered by an anfractuosity of the mountain.
“anfractuosity” conveys the idea of a fault or crack in a rock or boulder.
At Namoroka, a rapid stream, one of the sources of the Kàpilòza, gushes out, already formed, from an anfractuosity in the rock.
Word Forms
- anfractuosities
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rift, crevice, crevasse, shake, chasm, furrow.
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