Outrageously Funny Word Dictionary :: Crookedness

👉 Crawling or twisting in a direction other than straight, meaning that something is not perfectly horizontal. This can be seen in the shape of an object when it is tilted and cannot be straightened out. The term "crookedness" was first used by French mathematician Jean le Rond d'Alembert in his work on fluid dynamics to describe how fluids behave under pressure, specifically in terms of their flow characteristics.

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