curvature : Idioms & Phrases

• (Geom.), the deviation of a curve from a curcular form. -
• (Geom.), the deviation of a curve from a circular form.

Webster 1913

• (Geom.), that curvature of a curve of double curvature, which is measured in the osculating plane of the curve.

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• (Geom.), one that expresses the amount of curvature of a curve.

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• noun the center of the circle of curvature
  center of curvature.
  

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• (Geom.), the center of that circle which has at any given point of the curve closer contact with the curve than has any other circle whatever. See Circle.

Webster 1913

• noun the center of the circle of curvature
  center of curvature.
  

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• a chord drawn from any point of a curve, in the circle of curvature for that point.

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• noun the circle that touches a curve (on the concave side) and whose radius is the radius of curvature
  osculating circle.
  

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• . See Osculating circle of a curve (Below).
• . See Osculating circle of a curve, under Circle.

Webster 1913

• (Med.), an abnormal curving of the spine, especially in a lateral direction.

Webster 1913

• noun the radius of the circle of curvature; the absolute value of the reciprocal of the curvature of a curve at a given point
  

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• the radius of the circle of curvature, or osculatory circle, at any point of a curve.

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• noun an abnormal curvature of the vertebral column
  

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