meander
Pronunciation: /miˈæn.də(ɹ)/
The English word “meander” has 10 meanings listed here.
noun
- One of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course.
- One of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse
- A tortuous or winding journey.
- Synonym of Greek key, a decorative border; fretwork.
- A self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times.
- A path on which the directions, distances, and elevations are noted, as a part of a land survey.
- A decorative border consisting of a repeated linear motif, particularly of intersecting perpendicular lines.
verb
Etymology
From Latin Maeander, from Ancient Greek Μαίανδρος (Maíandros) – a river in Asia Minor (present day Turkey) known for its winding course (modern Turkish Menderes).
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