curvature

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[edit] English

[edit] Noun

Singular
curvature

Plural
curvatures

curvature (plural curvatures)

  1. The shape of something curved.
  2. (mathematics) The extent to which a subspace is curved within a metric space.
  3. (differential geometry) The extent to which a Riemannian manifold is intrinsically curved.

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[edit] Noun

curvature f.

  1. Plural form of curvatura.
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