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curvature

cur·va·ture

US/ˈkɜɹ.və.tʃəɹ/ uncommon

noun

1.

(medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal

  • “curvature of the spine”
2.

the rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve

3.

the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface

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Origin

From Latin curvare, from Latin curvatura. See also curve. Displaced native Old English ġebīeġednes.

Phrases

  • center of curvature
  • centre of curvature
  • Darwinian curvature
  • Gauss curvature
  • Gaussian curvature
  • radius of curvature
  • Sachs' curvature
  • Sachs's curvature

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