curvature
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curvature
- /ˈkɜɹ.və.tʃəɹ/ US
Where it comes from
From Latin curvare, from Latin curvatura. See also curve. Displaced native Old English ġebīeġednes.
noun curvatures
- The shape of something curved. Constructional costs are kept to a minimum by the admissibility of heavy grades and sharp curvature.
- The extent to which a subspace is curved within a metric space. A turtle drawing an ellipse would have to turn more per distance traveled to get around its “pointy” sides than to get around its flatter top and bottom. This notion of how “pointy something is,” expressed as the ratio of angle turned to distance traveled, is the intrinsic quantity that mathematicia
- The extent to which a Riemannian manifold is intrinsically curved.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: curve, curved, bend, bending, bulge, bow, deflection, deviation, contour, shape, ametropia, standardisation, concavity, camber, arc, hump
Translations
Every language
noun the shape of something curved
| Español | curvatura |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 곡률 gongnyul |
| 日本語 | 曲率 kyokuritsu |
| हिन्दी | वक्रता vakratā |
| Português | curvatura |
| Français | courbure |
| Deutsch | Krümmung |
| Italiano | curvatura |
| Ελληνικά | καμπυλότητα kampylótita, κυρτότητα kyrtótita |
| Русский | кривизна krivizna |
| العربية | انحناء anhina' |
noun mathematics: the extent to which a subspace is curved within a metric space
| Español | curvatura |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 曲率 qūlǜ |
| Português | curvatura |
noun differential geometry: of a Riemannian manifold
| Español | curvatura |
|---|---|
| Français | courbure |
| Deutsch | Krümmung |
| Ελληνικά | καμπυλότητα kampylótita |
| Română | curbură |
Talk about this word "curvature." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/curvature. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. curvature. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/curvature "curvature." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/curvature.Cite this
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title = {curvature},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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