curvature

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noun

1. (medicine) a curving or bending;
often abnormal
- curvature of the spine
• Derivationally related forms:
curve
• Topics:
medicine, medical specialty
• Hypernyms:
condition, status
2. the rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve
• Hypernyms:
derived function, derivative, differential coefficient, differential, first derivative
3. the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
• Syn:
curve
• Derivationally related forms:
curvy (for: curve), curvey (for: curve), curve (for: curve), curve
• Hypernyms:
shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation
• Hyponyms:
curliness, waviness, straightness