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Noun: tortuousness  tor-choo-us-nus
  1. A tortuous and twisted shape or position
    - tortuosity, torsion, contortion, crookedness
     
  2. Puzzling complexity
    - complicatedness, complication, knottiness

Derived forms: tortuousnesses

See also: tortuous

Type of: complexity, complexness, distorted shape, distortion

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