Curvature

/ˈkɝ.və.t͡ʃɚ/

Synonyms for "curvature" (36 found)

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Noun(15 words)
Verb(1 words)

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conditionconfigurationconformationcontourderivativederived functiondifferentialdifferential coefficientfirst derivativeformgeometric propertymathematical propertymeasurementshapestatussurface property

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9 entries
Gaussian curvatureRicci curvaturecircle of curvaturegeodesic curvaturemean curvatureosculating circleprincipal curvaturesectional curvaturesigned curvature

Collocations

6 entries
Gaussian curvaturecurvature tensormean curvatureprincipal curvatureradius of curvaturesectional curvature

Inflections

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Derivations

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Seeing as the curvature is smaller than unity, once the curve leaves the unit circle it will not come back.

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One of Einstein's ideas is that objects cause the space around them to curve. He thought that large objects, like the Sun, curve the space around them more than small objects do. Objects moving through space follow the curvature.

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The curvature of the Earth was first photographed in 1931.

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As every portrait painter knows, the slightest change in the shape of eyebrows, the curvature of lips or a crease in the forehead can alter the expression of a person's face — and affect how someone else responds.

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