transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtɔ:tjuəs ]
adj. 1 full of twists and turns (followed a tortuous route). 2 devious, circuitous, crooked (has a tortuous mind). øøtortuosity n. (pl. -ies). tortuously adv. tortuousness n. [ME f. OF f. L tortuosus f. tortus a twist (as TORT)]