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English noun: curvature | |||
| 1. | curvature (state) (medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal | ||
| Samples | Curvature of the spine. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | condition, status | ||
| Domain category | medical specialty, medicine | ||
| 2. | curvature (attribute) the rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | derivative, derived function, differential, differential coefficient, first derivative | ||
| 3. | curvature (attribute) the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface | ||
| Synonyms | curve | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | configuration, conformation, contour, form, shape | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | curliness, straightness, waviness | ||
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