curvature

n.

1. The act of curving or the state of being curved.
2. Mathematics.
   1. The ratio of the change in the angle of a tangent that moves over a given arc to the length of the arc.
   2. The limit of this ratio as the length of the arc approaches zero.
   3. The reciprocal of the radius of a circle.
3. Medicine. A curving or bending, especially an abnormal one: curvature of the spine.

[Middle English, from Latin curvātūra, from curvātus, past participle of curvāre, to bend, from curvus, curved.]

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noun

Something bent: bend, bow, crook, curve, round, turn. See straight/bent.

In meteorology, the wind speed divided by the radius of curvature of the bending air stream. Conventionally, cyclonic curvatures have positive, and anticyclonic curvatures negative, radii of curvature in the Northern Hemisphere.

A nonangular deviation from a normally straight course.

• greater c. of reticulum — in the cow lies against the diaphragm opposite the sixth and seventh ribs and faces left and ventrally.
• greater c. of stomach — the left or lateral border of the stomach, marking the junction of the parietal and visceral surfaces.
• lesser c. of reticulum — in the cow faces right and dorsally and lies against the omasum.
• lesser c. of stomach — the right or medial border of the stomach, marking the junction of the parietal and visceral surfaces.
• spinal c. — abnormal deviation of the vertebral column, as in kyphosis, lordosis and scoliosis.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - krumning, kurve, krumningsgrad

Nederlands (Dutch)
ronding, verbuiging, (ver)kromming, welving

Français (French)
n. - (Phys) courbure, (Méd) déviation (de la colonne vertébrale), scoliose

Deutsch (German)
n. - Krümmung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - καμπυλότητα, κυρτότητα

Italiano (Italian)
curvatura

Português (Portuguese)
n. - curvatura (f)

Русский (Russian)
изгиб, кривая

Español (Spanish)
n. - curvatura

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - krökning, bågform

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
屈曲, 曲率, 弯曲

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 屈曲, 曲率, 彎曲

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 구부림, 만곡, 곡률

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 湾曲, 湾曲部, 曲率

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تقوس, , أنحناء, اعوجاج, التواء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עיקום, עקמומיות‬

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