Circuity
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Circuity is a noun meaning (countable) A circuitous plan; a roundabout way of doing something.
Meaning
(countable) A circuitous plan; a roundabout way of doing something.
More Meanings
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being circuitous.
- (transport, countable) A measure of the ratio of road miles to air miles between two locations.
Example Sentences
The circuity factor is the average ratio of road miles to air miles between two points on a landscape.
And despite the occasional apparent circuity of routing required by the hub-and-spoke system, excess air mileage has increased only about 1 percentage point.
By adding up all squared values and by dividing the total by the number of vertices we get a number indicating the degree of circuity of the transportation network relative to the given vortex.
For the only reason why the mortgagee can tack his bond to his mortgage, is to prevent a circuity of suits; it is solely matter of arrangement for that purpose; for the right has no foundation in natural justice.
Word Forms
- circuities
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include circuition, compass, circumlocution, circuit, circumbendibus, umgang.
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