curvature
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- noun
- /ˈkɜrvətʃər/
- Specialized
- Light regions have positive Gaussian curvature (convex or concave), and dark regions have negative curvature (saddle).
- radius of curvature
- Gaussian curvature
- zero curvature
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Watch on YouTubeSo curvature is where the curve, it's a measure of how sharply a curve bends.
- So curvature is where the curve, it's a measure of how sharply a curve bends.
- And the reason it's not quite right is that this side is not the space-time curvature, it's something derived from it, the Einstein tensor.
- It's because so long as you describe gravity as the curvature of space as you do it in Einstein's theory, this conservation law is always fulfilled.
- The Rs here quantify the curvature of space-time, and this term with the T contains all the other kinds of energies, particles and radiation and so on.
- It can't hang on against the local curvature of space-time in this room.
- They were affected by the same curvature of space that the light was.
- Second derivative is curvature of on the curve.
- Or should they be ISO curvature fluctuations, which have uniform curvature to each of the fluctuations?
- So each of these curvatures are related to each other through this single algorithm.
Examples
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Here the circle is very small and so the curvature is very large.
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You can see the curvature of the Earth from the airplane window.
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The watch glass had a radius of curvature of 0.8 cm.
Academic text (2001) -
So curvature is where the curve, it's a measure of how sharply a curve bends.
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The first version was calculated by surveying the curvature of the Earth along a meridian.
Blog text (18) -
Derivatives in ordinary calculus describe local properties of functions such as slope and curvature.
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The architect carefully calculated the curvature of the roof to ensure proper drainage.
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The road's curvature increases as you approach the sharp turn ahead.
Antonyms
Compounds
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A bend in the spine that is not normal and can cause pain or health problems
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The distance from a curve to the center of the circle that best fits the curve at a point
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The point at the center of the circle that best fits a curve near it
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A circle that touches a curve on its inside and matches its bend there
How Curved
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Curvature comes from the Latin curvare 'to bend', and you can see the same curv- in curve. In math it means how sharply a line or shape bends at a point, so it measures the turn or sharpness of the bend.