单词 | curvature |
释义 | curvature /kerr"veuh cheuhr, -choor'/, n. 1. the act of curving or the state of being curved. 2. a curved condition, often abnormal: curvature of the spine. 3. the degree of curving of a line or surface. 4. Geom. a. (at a point on a curve) the derivative of the inclination of the tangent with respect to arc length. b. the absolute value of this derivative. 5. something curved. [1375-1425; late ME < L curvatura, equiv. to curvat(us) ptp. of curvare to bend, CURVE + -ura -URE. See -ATE1] |
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