ALL meanings of curvature
cur·va·ture
C c - uncountable noun curvature The curvature of something is its curved shape, especially when this shape is part of the circumference of a circle. 3
- noun curvature something curved or a curved part of a thing 3
- noun curvature any normal or abnormal curving of a bodily part 3
- noun curvature the change in inclination of a tangent to a curve over unit length of arc. For a circle or sphere it is the reciprocal of the radius 3
- noun curvature the act of curving or the state or degree of being curved or bent 3
- noun curvature a curving or being curved 3
- noun curvature a curve; curved part of anything 3
- noun curvature the rate of deviation of a curve or curved surface from a straight line or plane surface tangent to it 3
- noun curvature an abnormal curving of a part 3
- noun curvature The curvature of a line or surface is the degree to which it is curved at a particular point. 3
- noun curvature something curved. 1
- noun curvature The fact of being curved or the degree to which something is curved. 1
- noun curvature medicine: abnormal curving 1
- noun curvature degree of curving 1
- noun curvature the act of curving or the state of being curved. 1
- noun curvature a curved condition, often abnormal: curvature of the spine. 1
- noun curvature the degree of curving of a line or surface. 1
- noun curvature Geometry. (at a point on a curve) the derivative of the inclination of the tangent with respect to arc length. the absolute value of this derivative. 1
- noun curvature The shape of something curved. 0
- noun curvature (mathematics) The extent to which a subspace is curved within a metric space. 0
- noun curvature (differential geometry) The extent to which a Riemannian manifold is intrinsically curved. 0