curvature
pronunciation
How to pronounce curvature in British English:
UK [ˈkɜːvətʃə(r)]
How to pronounce curvature in American English:
US [ˈkɜːrvətʃər]
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- Noun:
- (medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal
- the rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve
- the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
Word Origin
- curvature (n.)
- 1660s, from Latin curvatura "a bending," from curvatus, past participle of curvare "to bend" (see curve (v.)). In non-Euclidian geometry, from 1873.
Example
- 1. This allowed them to finely control the curvature of their structures .
- 2. Negative curvature appears in coral reefs , kale leaves and pringles potato chips .
- 3. And what happens to matter or light in the presence of that curvature ?
- 4. Pictured here , the pseudosphere is a hyperbolic surface that has constant negative curvature .
- 5. Compared to a euclidean sphere , a quantum sphere 's curvature and uncertainty make it a noncommutative space .