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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
- lyrate leaf a simple leaf having curvature suggestive of a lyre
- center of curvature the center of the circle of curvature
- bandy legs outward curvature of the legs
- 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
- principal axis a line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither reflected nor refracted
- gastroomental vein one of two veins serving the great curvature of the stomach