Tortuosity is a property of curve being tortuous (twisted; having many turns). There have been several attempts to quantify this property. Tortuosity is commonly used to describe diffusion in porous media, such as soils and snow. ==Tortuosity in 2-D== Subjective estimation (sometimes aided by optometric grading scales) is often used. Arc-chord rat... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortuosity
tortuousnessnoun a tortuous and twisted shape or position; `they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs`; `the acrobat performed incredible contortions` Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974