Curvity

noun

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Noun
  1. 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"

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circularityconcavityconvexityconvolutionvaulting

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"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.

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