English-Thai Dictionary
curvature
N ความโค้ง curving bend kwam-kong
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CURVATURE
n.[L. See Curve. ] A bending in a regular form; crookedness, or the manner of bending; flexure by which a curve is formed.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CURVATURE
Cur "va *ture (kr "v-tr; 135 ), n. Etym: [L. curvatura. See Curvate.]
1. The act of curving, or the state of being bent or curved; a curving or bending, normal or abnormal, as of a line or surface from a rectilinear direction; a bend; a curve. Cowper. The elegant curvature of their fronds. Darwin.
2. (Math. )
Defn: The amount of degree of bending of a mathematical curve, or the tendency at any point to depart from a tangent drawn to the curve at that point. Aberrancy of curvature (Geom.), the deviation of a curve from a curcular form. -Absolute curvature. See under Absolute. -- Angle of curvature (Geom.), one that expresses the amount of curvature of a curve. -- Chord of curvature. See under Chord. -- Circle of curvature. See Osculating circle of a curve, under Circle. -- Curvature of the spine (Med. ), an abnormal curving of the spine, especially in a lateral direction. -- Radius of curvature, the radius of the circle of curvature, or osculatory circle, at any point of a curve.
New American Oxford Dictionary
curvature
cur va ture |ˈkərvəCHər, -ˌCHo͝or ˈkərvətʃər | ▶noun the fact of being curved or the degree to which something is curved: spinal curvature | the curvature of the earth | it has a distinct curvature near the middle. • Geometry the degree to which a curve deviates from a straight line, or a curved surface deviates from a plane. • a numerical quantity expressing this. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from Latin curvatura, from curvare (see curve ).
Oxford Dictionary
curvature
curvature |ˈkəːvətʃə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the fact of being curved or the degree to which something is curved: spinal curvature | the curvature of the earth. • Geometry the degree to which a curve deviates from a straight line, or a curved surface deviates from a plane. • a numerical quantity expressing curvature. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from Latin curvatura, from curvare (see curve ).
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
curvature
cur va ture /kə́ː r vətʃʊ̀ə r |-tʃə /名詞 C U 1 〘数 〙(地球の表面などの )湾曲 (状態 ); (湾 )曲率 .2 〘医 〙(脊 （せき ）柱などの )湾曲 (症 ).
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