Curvature Definition

kûrvə-cho͝or, -chər
noun
A curving or being curved.
Webster's New World
A curve; curved part of anything.
Webster's New World
The rate of deviation of a curve or curved surface from a straight line or plane surface tangent to it.
Webster's New World
The limit of this ratio as the length of the arc approaches zero.
American Heritage
The reciprocal of the radius of a circle.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Curvature

Noun

Singular:
curvature
Plural:
curvatures

Origin of Curvature

  • Middle English from Latin curvātūra from curvātus past participle of curvāre to bend from curvus curved sker-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Curvature Sentence Examples

  • In very many cases the pollen is carried to the stigma by elongation, curvature or some other movement of the filament, the style or stigma, or corolla or some other part of the flower, or by correlated movements of two or more parts.

  • In general it is not curvature, but change of curvature, that presents difficulty in the laying-out of a line.

  • At any point a sounding line would hang in the line of the radius of curvature of the water surface.

  • Crystals of blende are of very common occurrence, but owing to twinning and distortion and curvature of the faces, they are often rather complex and difficult to decipher.

  • This result created a great sensation, and proved that Transatlantic electric wave telegraphy was quite feasible and not inhibited by distance, or by the earth's curvature even over an arc of a great circle 3000 m.

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Words Starting With

CCUCUR

Words Ending With

EREURE

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Words Starting With C and Ending With E

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With C9 Letter Words Ending With E