“of/curvature”

The following 4 entries include the term of/curvature.

center of curvature

noun phrase

: the center of the circle whose center lies on the concave side of a curve on the normal to a given point of the curve and whose radius is equal to the radius of curvature at that point

radius of curvature

noun phrase

: the reciprocal of the curvature of a curve

circle of curvature

: the osculating circle of a curve

measure of curvature


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