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Definition of Curvature

1. Noun. (medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal. "Curvature of the spine"

2. Noun. The rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve.

3. Noun. The property possessed by the curving of a line or surface.

Definition of Curvature

1. n. The act of curving, or the state of being bent or curved; a curving or bending, normal or abnormal, as of a line or surface from a rectilinear direction; a bend; a curve.

Definition of Curvature

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Curvature

1. A bending or flexure. See: angulation. Synonym: curvatura. Origin: L. Curvatura, fr. Curvo, pp. -atus, to bend, curve (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Curvature

curtsied curtsies curtsy curtsying curule curvaceous curvaceously curvaceousness curvacious curvate

curvated curvatura curvatura ventriculi major curvatura ventriculi minor curvature (current term) curvature (current term) curvatures curvature aberration curvature hyperopia curvature of field

curve curve curveball curveballed curveballing curveballs curved curvedly curved shape curves

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