Found 1 hit - Term: curvature of the spine, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
curvature \cur"vature\ k?r"v?-t?r; 135, n. 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.
1913 webster
the elegant curvature of their fronds. --darwin.
1913 webster
2. math. 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.
1913 webster
aberrancy of curvature geom., the deviation of a curve
from a circular 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.
1913 webster
see also:
curvate aberrancy of curvature absolute curvature absolute angle of curvature chord of curvature
chord circle of curvature osculating circle of a curve circle curvature of the spine
radius of curvature
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