Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "circuitousness" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF CIRCUITOUSNESS

circuitousness  [səˈkjuːɪtəsnəs] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CIRCUITOUSNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Circuitousness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CIRCUITOUSNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of circuitousness in the English dictionary

The definition of circuitousness in the dictionary is lack of directness.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CIRCUITOUSNESS


calamitousness
kəˈlæmɪtəsnəs
consciousness
ˈkɒnʃəsnəs
dangerousness
ˈdeɪndʒərəsnəs
deliciousness
dɪˈlɪʃəsnəs
felicitousness
fəˈlɪsɪtəsnəs
flawlessness
ˈflɔːləsnəs
fortuitousness
fɔːˈtjuːɪtəsnəs
heedlessness
ˈhiːdləsnəs
hilariousness
hɪˈleərɪəsnəs
iniquitousness
ɪnˈɪkwɪtəsnəs
jealousness
ˈdʒɛləsnəs
lusciousness
ˈlʌʃəsnəs
necessitousness
nɪˈsɛsɪtəsnəs
portentousness
pɔːˈtɛntəsnəs
preciousness
ˈprɛʃəsnəs
riotousness
ˈraɪətəsnəs
solicitousness
səˈlɪsɪtəsnəs
spiritousness
ˈspɪrɪtəsnəs
statelessness
ˈsteɪtləsnəs
ubiquitousness
juːˈbɪkwətəsnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CIRCUITOUSNESS

circuit
circuit binding
circuit board
circuit breaker
circuit court
circuit judge
circuit rider
circuit training
circuital
circuiteer
circuities
circuitous
circuitously
circuitry
circuity
circulable
circular
circular breathing
circular function
circular measure

WORDS THAT END LIKE CIRCUITOUSNESS

biliousness
business
callousness
carelessness
deviousness
helplessness
homelessness
hopelessness
lawlessness
nervousness
obviousness
rebelliousness
religiousness
restlessness
ridiculousness
righteousness
seriousness
sleeplessness
thoughtlessness
unconsciousness
viciousness

Synonyms and antonyms of circuitousness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CIRCUITOUSNESS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «circuitousness» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of circuitousness

Translation of «circuitousness» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF CIRCUITOUSNESS

Find out the translation of circuitousness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of circuitousness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «circuitousness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

circuitousness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dar vueltas innecesarias
570 millions of speakers

English

circuitousness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

circuitousness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإلتواء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

circuitousness
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

circuitousness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

circuitousness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

détours
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Litar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Umständlichkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

circuitousness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

circuitousness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Circuitousness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

circuitousness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

circuitousness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चौकट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

circuitousness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

circuitousness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

circuitousness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

circuitousness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

circuitousness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

circuitousness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

circuitousness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

circuitousness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

circuitousness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of circuitousness

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CIRCUITOUSNESS»

The term «circuitousness» is normally little used and occupies the 128.079 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Little used
40
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «circuitousness» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of circuitousness
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «circuitousness».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CIRCUITOUSNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «circuitousness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «circuitousness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about circuitousness

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CIRCUITOUSNESS»

Discover the use of circuitousness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to circuitousness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The cotton and commerce of India: considered in relation to ...
... same places is about 265 The extreme circuitousness of this route is obvious. The CJRCUIT0U8NESS. 270 line ascends atTannah to a latitude 22 miles 278 THE COTTON AND COMMERCE OF INDIA. The line by Poonah Its circuitousness.
John Chapman, 1851
2
Information Processing and Biological Systems
Circuitousness andafine-grained division of labor are actually more or less the same thing. A division of synthetic labor means things are produced in many small steps, which is to say circuitously. Because catalysts can very efficiently ...
Samuli Niiranen, Andre Ribeiro, 2011
3
Phenomenological Interpretations of Aristotle: Initiation ...
Its evidence matures precisely in its genuine and ever more rigorous repeatability . In concrete repetition, the interpretation itself becomes ever simpler; the circuitousness, as complex as it is, becomes straighter and becomes more original in its ...
Martin Heidegger, 2001
4
Life of Robert Schumann
The circuitousness of the recitative in " Genevieve" mott plainly proves his lack of adequate dramatic talent. This work may be regarded as a struggle for greater unity of form ; perhaps Schumann himself intended it for such. But the incapacity  ...
Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski, 1871
5
ECMT Round Tables Short-Sea Shipping in the Economy of ...
Hydrofoils compete in price with buses only in the Pireaus-Methana link due to the circuitousness of the road to Methana. Compared to the out-of-pocket cost of automobiles with one passenger, hydrofoils require more or less the same travel  ...
European Conference of Ministers of Transport, 1983
6
The Liberation of Tolstoy: A Tale of Two Writers
The artificiality and circuitousness in Tolstoy are much more profound, but I do not wish to talk about this at length, first, because of your feelings for him; second, because it is Lent; and third, because I continue to understand the commandment  ...
Ivan Alekseevich Bunin, Thomas Gaiton Marullo, Vladimir T. Khmelkov, 2001
7
The Wireless Spectrum: The Politics, Practices, and Poetics ...
We are used to thinking of cities in terms of speed and mobility, but the complex circuitousness of cities also makes them places of delay and blockage, of a tightening. A city's circuitousness means that movement within it is stretched out, that ...
Barbara Crow, Michael Longford, Kim Sawchuk, 2010
8
Environmental Biotechnology: A Biosystems Approach
... permeability, hydraulic conductivity, circuitousness or tortuosity of flow paths Dispersion Transport from source Aqueous, gas Mechanical Concentration gradient- driven Concentration gradients, porosity, permeability, hydraulic conductivity, ...
Daniel Vallero, 2010
9
The Impact of Suburban Neighborhood Design and Development ...
after many years of research on this topic, there is now a consensus that three components of travel behavior - trip lengths, trip circuitousness and use of non single occupancy vehicles (SOV) can be reduced by adopting land use strategies  ...
Vasudha Lathey, 2008
10
Fundamentals of Air Pollution
... LNAPLs) that float at water table in groundwater, or at atmospheric pressure in surface water Concentration gradients, porosity, permeability, hydraulic conductivity, circuitousness or tortuosity of flow paths Concentration gradients, porosity, ...
Daniel Vallero, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CIRCUITOUSNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term circuitousness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Fukuoka awash with hina dolls, hidden temples
Given the circuitousness of the watery route, we race down an alley to install ourselves further along the banks and enjoy a repeat viewing of ... «The Japan Times, Mar 15»
2
Brett Anderson On 9 New Mexican Restaurants Changing Nola's …
... try to process this sentence: "The unifying characteristic of the various routes these New Orleans operators took to opening is circuitousness. «Eater, Dec 14»
3
9 new Mexican restaurants that are changing the face of New …
The unifying characteristic of the various routes these New Orleans operators took to opening is circuitousness. A bonus for margarita and ... «NOLA.com, Dec 14»
4
The Netflix effect: why don't we care about spoilers any more?
TV's potential for circuitousness, and for championing character over plot, dovetails better with our constant online discussions than film does, ... «The Guardian, Sep 14»
5
Long route proves rewarding for USC's Bowman
LOS ANGELES – To understand the circuitousness of Gerald Bowman's path from Philadelphia to USC, all you have to do is check his date of ... «OCRegister, Sep 14»
6
That Millennial Marketing Verve
New Vision was sued by the FTC for claiming that the formula could treat ADD, which it claimed with a surprising lack of circuitousness:. «The Awl, Aug 14»
7
Keep the put-downs coming, Mr Speaker
Or maybe it's his language, which is Dickensian in its verbosity and circuitousness. Never is he more verbose and circuitous than when ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 14»
8
Youth-trapped, forever
And thus the destructive circuitousness ensued. Ironically, when I am now praised for my looks, while still feeling objectified I also still feel like ... «The News on Sunday, Jul 14»
9
Dark days, sore knees and good times at Lava Beds
... crawled and careened, through this geologic Disneyland, but the sheer length and circuitousness of the Hercules-Juniper caves unleashed ... «Sacramento Bee, Jun 14»
10
'How I Met Your Mother': Live-Blogging the Series Finale
... it's not crazy to think this next hour could end with some True Detective-style rhapsodizing about the circuitousness of storytelling, and life. «Bustle, Mar 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Circuitousness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/circuitousness>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z