incurvature

noun

Definition of incurvaturenext
as in loop

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  1. loop
  2. reflection
  3. fold
  4. slope
  5. twist
  6. spiral
  7. flexure
  8. swirl
Noun
  • The feature is also available as an in-browser weathercast, where users can select a location and view local and regional weather data on a loop, rather than clicking through it — true to the television form.
    — Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 21 July 2026
  • This risks amplifying stereotypes through personalization, creating a feedback loop where AI's initial assumptions are reinforced.
    — Christine Michel Carter, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of loop
Noun
  • On Tuesday, which was also the fourth anniversary of Uwe Seeler’s death, club CFO Eric Huwer led the players in a moment of reflection at their training camp in Austria.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Memoirists advise students to focus on honest reflection over dramatic events, revealing their inner life through ordinary experiences.
    — Dr. Liz Doe Stone, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of reflection
Noun
  • Boshoff previously reported on an effort by Harry and by some royal aides to bring him back into the royal fold.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 17 July 2026
  • This can be done with one, two, or three folds of fabric in each pleat.
    — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 16 July 2026
Definition of fold
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  • Massive amounts of rocks and soil roared down a slope and buried more than 10 residential buildings early Friday in Pengshui County on the outskirts of Chongqing.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
  • Those neighborhoods are the most vulnerable to these landslides anywhere at the bottom of a hill, anywhere underneath a slope.
    — Josh Fox, IndieWire, 17 July 2026
Definition of slope
Noun
  • Not until the remarkable twist of fate became clear years later, when that infant blossomed into Lamine Yamal.
    — Joseph Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026
  • Every few years, the high-profile saga resurfaces with new revelations and twists.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 18 July 2026
Definition of twist
Noun
  • The stalemate has raised fears of an endless war, something Trump campaigned on avoiding, as tit-for-tat attacks continue along an escalating spiral.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 18 July 2026
  • Tom Brady throws a mean spiral, hitting the target to send Rob Gronkowski into 500 gallons of Raising Cane’s Sauce on July 15 in New York City.
    — People Staff, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
Definition of spiral
Noun
  • How much cleavage, compression, flexure, impact, tension, or shear is required to break the plane of a Titebond bond?
    — Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Processes such as hydrofracture and flexure remain understudied, and ice-sheet models do not yet include realistic treatment of these processes.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2021
Definition of flexure
Noun
  • More excitingly, the swirl of gas appears to be connected to a vast filament of material falling in toward the central supermassive black hole.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 July 2026
  • Track seven swathes a nervous dub rhythm in cottony pads and opulent harps; track eight takes us out on an uncharacteristically beatless swirl, like a tide pool full of sea anemones.
    — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 18 July 2026
Definition of swirl
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“Incurvature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incurvature. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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