stenotic (in medical terms)
Tortuous means twisting, winding, or excessively complicated. It is often used to describe a path, route, or process that is not direct or straightforward.
My roommate is dilatory in his study habits.
tortuous
The lawyer's dilatory tactics prolonged the court proceedings unnecessarily.
The tortuous climb wore me out.
the two words are not connected; tortuous means suffering and pain.
The climb up the mountain was tortuous and brutal.
The U.S. Marine Corps' obstacle course is touted as being quite tortuous. My dental exam was so tortuous that I actually had muscle cramps afterward.
1. slow: tending to waste time or move slowly 2. intended to delay: intended to cause a delay or waste time
The noun form for the adjective tortuous is tortuousness. Another noun form is torture.
A mountain road is tortuous. My singing is torturous. And when I violate a contract I am being tortious.
The dilatory effect of motion on time was addressed first by EInstein in 1905. However this is a sentence known as "clumbsy". "Time dilation is a consequence of motion" is much better. I know of no good use for the word really, unless as a category, eg, Dilatory Agents: v Contractile Agenty.