curvature
English
Etymology
From Latin curvare, from Latin curvatura. See also curve.
Pronunciation
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Noun
curvature (countable and uncountable, plural curvatures)
- The shape of something curved.
- 9 October 2018, A. A. Dowd, AV Club The star and director of La La Land reunite for First Man’s spectacular trip to the moon [1]
- In the first of the movie’s many striking images, we share his majestic view from the top, the curvature of the planet and the glow of the horizon brilliantly reflected in his helmet.
- 9 October 2018, A. A. Dowd, AV Club The star and director of La La Land reunite for First Man’s spectacular trip to the moon [1]
- (mathematics) The extent to which a subspace is curved within a metric space.
- (differential geometry) The extent to which a Riemannian manifold is intrinsically curved.
Translations
the shape of something curved
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mathematics: the extent to which a subspace is curved within a metric space
differential geometry: of a Riemannian manifold
Italian
Noun
curvature f
Latin
Participle
(deprecated template usage) curvātūre
Old French
Noun
curvature oblique singular, f (oblique plural curvatures, nominative singular curvature, nominative plural curvatures)
Descendants
- English: curvature
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