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curvature

noun

ˈkər-və-ˌchu̇r

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as in curve

something that curves or is curved curvature of the spine is called scoliosis

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Recent Examples of curvature Dating back to over 150 years to French mathematician Pierre Ossian Bonnet, the rule said that if two key properties of a surface, its metric and mean curvature, are known at every point, the surface’s overall shape can be uniquely determined. —

Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 13 Mar. 2026 These phases bracket totality and reveal the curvature of Earth’s shadow in space — a subtler but scientifically rewarding sight. —

Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 28 Feb. 2026 The outer curvature endures great strain: Located directly opposite the valve through which blood enters the heart, it gets hit with incoming blood. —

Clare Watson, Quanta Magazine, 27 Feb. 2026 And the curvature of space caused by large concentrations of dark matter — like dark matter haloes that envelope galaxies and galactic clusters — can influence the passage of light in a process called gravitational lensing first predicted by Albert Einstein back in 1915. —

Robert Lea, Space.com, 5 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for curvature

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Positioning has skewed shorter in duration, with curve steepeners and inflation protection increasingly preferred over outright rate bets.

— Hugh Leask, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026
The free return trajectory is essentially a marble trick of sending Integrity scooting along the curves mapped around the moon’s moving gravity well on a path that gets captured again by Earth’s gravity well.

— Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2026