Curvity
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state of being curved; a bending in a regular form; crookedness. countable, uncountable
"the joyned ends of that Bone, and the Incus receding, make a more acute Angle at that joynt, and give a greater Curvity to the posture of the said three Ossicles"
Example
More examples"the joyned ends of that Bone, and the Incus receding, make a more acute Angle at that joynt, and give a greater Curvity to the posture of the said three Ossicles"
Etymology
From Latin curvitas, from curvus (“bent”). Compare French curvité.