Dictionary Entry
curvature
curvature is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 18 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
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.
- 3noun
the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
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- 4noun
the rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve
- 5noun
(medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal
"curvature of the spine"
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