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nounthe property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
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"curvature of the spine"noun(medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal
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nounthe rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve
Definition that contains curvature
- hunchback a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
- humpback a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
- crookback a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
- lordosis an abnormal inward (forward) curvature of the vertebral column
- spinal curvature an abnormal curvature of the vertebral column
- hollow-back an abnormal inward (forward) curvature of the vertebral column
- arteria gastrica sinistra a branch of the celiac artery that supplies the lesser curvature of the stomach and the abdominal part of the esophagus
- osculating circle the circle that touches a curve (on the concave side) and whose radius is the radius of curvature
- radius of curvature the radius of the circle of curvature; the absolute value of the reciprocal of the curvature of a curve at a given point
- dowager's hump abnormal spinal curvature that results when osteoporosis causes the spine to collapse; seen most often in elderly women