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Antonyms for curvature

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kur-vuh-cher, -choo r
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɜr və tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər

Definition of curvature

Origin :
  • 1660s, from Latin curvatura "a bending," from curvatus, past participle of curvare "to bend" (see curve (v.)). In non-Euclidian geometry, from 1873.
  • noun rounded part of thing, usually body part
Example sentences :
  • What curvature is to lines, gradation is to shades and colors.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume II (of V) » by John Ruskin
  • I might just as well have suspected the girl of a curvature of the spine.
  • Extract from : « Falk » by Joseph Conrad
  • Slight inequality of curvature in meridians of right cornea.
  • Extract from : « A Book of Burlesques » by H. L. Mencken
  • The place had a curvature like that of the seats in a theatre.
  • Extract from : « Ten Books on Architecture » by Vitruvius
  • Curvature of the spine is more common than is usually thought.
  • Extract from : « The Mother and Her Child » by William S. Sadler
  • On the other hand, the curvature of the seas is a no less certain proof.
  • Extract from : « Astronomy for Amateurs » by Camille Flammarion
  • He adds that what curvature is to lines, so is gradation to shades and colours.
  • Extract from : « Literary Celebrities of the English Lake-District » by Frederick Sessions
  • The points at which the curvature vanishes are “points of inflection.”
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 5 » by Various
  • It is seen that the curvature is greatly increased (Fig. 114).
  • Extract from : « Life Movements in Plants, Volume II, 1919 » by Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
  • This center is called the center of curvature, while the radius of the sphere R, is the radius of curvature.
  • Extract from : « Physics » by Willis Eugene Tower

Synonyms for curvature

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