What is another word for curvature?

Pronunciation: [kˈɜːvət͡ʃə] (IPA)

Curvature is the measure of how much a curve differs from a straight line. Some synonyms for curvature include bend, arch, arc, curve, flexure, inflection, crook, curvature, bow, sweep, turn, curvature, and curl. These synonyms describe the varying degrees of curvature that can be found in different shapes and forms. The curvature of a road or bridge, for example, may be gentle or sharp, while the curvature of a human spine might be a gentle curve or a severe deformation. The word curvature is commonly used in mathematics, geometry, science, engineering, and nature, and having a variety of synonyms helps to describe the nuances of curvature in different contexts.

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What are the opposite words for curvature?

Curvature refers to the degree to which a line or surface deviates from being straight or flat. Antonyms for curvature would be words that reflect the opposite meaning, such as "straightness" or "flatness." If a line or surface has no deviation from being straight or flat, it can be described as being straight or level. Likewise, words like "rectilinearity," "planarity," and "evenness" could be used to describe the absence of any curvature. These antonyms are useful for indicating the absence of a curved shape, such as when discussing the design of a building or the geometry of a mathematical curve.

What are the antonyms for Curvature?

  • n.

    rounded part of thing, usually body part

Usage examples for Curvature

Compare particularly the photographs of August 14th and August 18th, where the spots are least distorted by the curvature of the sun's surface.
"A Text-Book of Astronomy"
George C. Comstock
The pale blue eyes of the Englishman softened abruptly, and the lips under the short-clipped moustache changed from their stiffness to the curvature of something like a smile.
"The Tempering"
Charles Neville Buck
It was a promontory washed by the Patapsco on one side, and a curvature of the bay itself on the other.
"The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815"
G. R. Gleig

Famous quotes with Curvature

  • It's a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much more pronounced than here on earth. It's an interesting place to be. I recommend it.
    Neil Armstrong
  • Well, it so happens that I have had a spinal curvature since I was about thirteen and every once in a while that has given me some trouble, and at that time it began to kick up again. and occasionally I have to get into bed and nurse a severe backache.
    Ethel Rosenberg
  • There is no limit to stupidity. Space itself is said to be bounded by its own curvature, but stupidity continues beyond infinity.
    Gene Wolfe
  • To the pure geometer the radius of curvature is an incidental characteristic — like the grin of the Cheshire cat. To the physicist it is an indispensable characteristic. It would be going too far to say that to the physicist the cat is merely incidental to the grin. Physics is concerned with interrelatedness such as the interrelatedness of cats and grins. In this case the "cat without a grin" and the "grin without a cat" are equally set aside as purely mathematical phantasies.
    Arthur Eddington

Related words: curved glasses, computer monitor curvature, natural curvature, optical curvature, plan curvature, geometric curvature

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