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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cur•va•ture /ˈkɜrvətʃɚ, -ˌtʃʊr/USA pronunciation n. - [uncountable] the act of curving or the state of being curved.
- a curved shape or condition, often abnormal:[uncountable]curvature of the spine.
- the degree of curving of a line or surface:[countable]a curvature of 20 degrees.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cur•va•ture (kûr′və chər, -chŏŏr′),USA pronunciation n. - the act of curving or the state of being curved.
- a curved condition, often abnormal:curvature of the spine.
- the degree of curving of a line or surface.
- Mathematics[Geom.]
- (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.
- something curved.
- Latin curvātūra, equivalent. to curvāt(us) past participle of curvāre to bend, curve + -ūra -ure. See -ate1
- late Middle English 1375–1425
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: curvature /ˈkɜːvətʃə/ n - something curved or a curved part of a thing
- any normal or abnormal curving of a bodily part
- the act of curving or the state or degree of being curved or bent
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