Curvature
11curvature — A bending or flexure. See angulation. SYN: curvatura. [L. curvatura, fr. curvo, pp. atus, to bend, curve] angular c. a gibbous deformity, i.e., a sharp angulation of the spine, occurring in Pott disease. SYN: Pott c …
12curvature — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Curving Nouns 1. curvature, curving, curvity, curvation; incurvity, incurvation; flexure, crook, hook, bend[ing]; deflection, inflection; arcuation, devexity, turn; recurvity, recurvation; rotundity;… …
13curvature — cur|va|ture [ kɜrvə,tʃur ] noun uncount TECHNICAL the way in which something curves: the angle of curvature a. MEDICAL a medical condition in which a part of your body, usually your back, is curved too much: curvature of the spine …
14curvature — noun (C, U) technical 1 the state of being curved, or the degree to which something is curved: the curvature of the Earth s surface 2 a medical condition in which part of someone s body curves in a way that is not natural: curvature of the spine …
15curvature — UK [ˈkɜː(r)vətʃə(r)] / US [ˈkɜrvəˌtʃʊr] noun [uncountable] a) science the way in which something curves the curvature of the Earth b) medical a medical condition in which a part of your body, usually your back, is curved too much curvature of the …
16curvature — edgewise curvature …
17curvature — n. 1. Bending, bend, flexure, crook, curvity, curve, incurvation, arcuation. 2. Rate of curvature or inflection …
18curvature — cur•va•ture [[t]ˈkɜr və tʃər, ˌtʃʊər[/t]] n. 1) the act of curving or the state of being curved 2) a curved condition, often abnormal: curvature of the spine[/ex] 3) the degree of curving of a line or surface 4) math. Geom. a) (at a point on a… …
19curvature — kreivis statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis Atvirkščias dydis kreivumo spinduliui: κ = 1/ρ; čia κ – kreivis, ρ – kreivumo spindulys. atitikmenys: angl. curvature vok. Krümmung, f rus. кривизна, f pranc. courbure, f …
20curvature — kreivis statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. curvature vok. Krümmung, f rus. кривизна, f pranc. courbure, f …
