Curvature
noun
The state of being bent, curved, or having a part that is not straight.
The curvature of the earth prevents us from seeing very far.
Often appears as...
- curvature of the spine
- curvature of the earth
noun
In mathematics, it's the amount by which a curve deviates from being a straight line, or a surface deviates from being a plane.
The radius of curvature is defined as the reciprocal of the curvature.
Often appears as...
- curvature of a curve
- positive curvature
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Technical
noun
In biology, it's the process of growth or movement of an organism in response to a bending or twisting stimulus.
Tropism is a biological phenomenon that involves the curvature of an organism toward or away from stimuli.
Often appears as...
- dorsal curvature
- ventral curvature
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Technical
noun
The state of being bent, curved, or having a part that is not straight.
The curvature of the earth prevents us from seeing very far.
Often appears as...
- curvature of the spine
- curvature of the earth
noun
In mathematics, it's the amount by which a curve deviates from being a straight line, or a surface deviates from being a plane.
The radius of curvature is defined as the reciprocal of the curvature.
Often appears as...
- curvature of a curve
- positive curvature
Usage tips
Technical
noun
In biology, it's the process of growth or movement of an organism in response to a bending or twisting stimulus.
Tropism is a biological phenomenon that involves the curvature of an organism toward or away from stimuli.
Often appears as...
- dorsal curvature
- ventral curvature
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/2Visual Imagery
Imagine bending an object to help recall 'curvature' implies a non-straight shape.
The curvature of the banana was perfect for comic illustrations.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical World
Use 'curvature' to describe visible bends in large objects or the horizon.
The highway's curvature made the long drive feel like a scenic route.
Pro Tip 1/2Visual Imagery
Imagine bending an object to help recall 'curvature' implies a non-straight shape.
The curvature of the banana was perfect for comic illustrations.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical World
Use 'curvature' to describe visible bends in large objects or the horizon.
The highway's curvature made the long drive feel like a scenic route.
Pro Tip 1/2Visual Imagery
Imagine bending an object to help recall 'curvature' implies a non-straight shape.
The curvature of the banana was perfect for comic illustrations.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical World
Use 'curvature' to describe visible bends in large objects or the horizon.
The highway's curvature made the long drive feel like a scenic route.
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Tristram Stuart: The...
He held it up to the light, and he said, "You can see there's a slight curvature there, and the supermarket we're supplying doesn't allow that. They have to be perfectly straight." These ones, you can see, are perfectly straight, but they're too long to fit into the containers, and they're being discarded. The very best fate that some of these carrots get
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Daniel Kish: How I use...
the size of the room, the curvature of the audience around the stage, it's the height of the room. Like I say, it's all that kind of three-dimensional surface geometry all around me. Well, Daniel, you have done a spectacular job of helping us all see the world in a different way.
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How We Could Solve the...
And the history and future of that curvature and expansion is determined by what's inside, which is mostly not visible stuff like us -- that's only about five percent. The majority of the energy-matter content in the universe is something that we call dark energy.
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How surfboards connect...
epoxy, sometimes fiberglass. There often is also a stringer, a wood piece down the middle, which makes it stronger. The rocker is the curvature of the board in the front. That is important because that determines what kind of wave you will be able to take,
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SD Finalist PIPE National...
okay alex if someone gave you a free ticket to travel anywhere in the world where would you go i would go to cape canaveral i would like to go to space and see the earth from its curvature and what it actually looks like if you see the full picture
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The fundamentals of...
We assemble a cozy quilt of space-time where world lines look curved. Where the world lines join, the objects collide. By making these connections between the patches, a curvature gets built into space-time itself. But Einstein's true genius
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Experiencing art as...
of metal of one millimeter thick you can actually sustain up to three people on the top we are not trying to mimic any kind of natural references here we actually need curvature we need curvature for the structural aspect of
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David Deutsch: A new way...
And the unseen, you have to admit, doesn't come to us through the senses. We don't see those nuclear reactions in stars. We don't see the origin of species. We don't see the curvature of space-time, and other universes.
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A lyrical bridge between...
But when you think about it, the only environment in which that would be true would be a flat desert, empty of any other life. But even in a flat desert, the curvature of the earth would take the path away from you.
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Part Ape, Part Human:...
it has a long thumb like a human in fact almost superhuman it's got shortened fingers and it lacks curvature in those fingers it is more advanced than the Homo habilis hand for
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Tristram Stuart: The...
He held it up to the light, and he said, "You can see there's a slight curvature there, and the supermarket we're supplying doesn't allow that. They have to be perfectly straight." These ones, you can see, are perfectly straight, but they're too long to fit into the containers, and they're being discarded. The very best fate that some of these carrots get
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Daniel Kish: How I use...
the size of the room, the curvature of the audience around the stage, it's the height of the room. Like I say, it's all that kind of three-dimensional surface geometry all around me. Well, Daniel, you have done a spectacular job of helping us all see the world in a different way.
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How We Could Solve the...
And the history and future of that curvature and expansion is determined by what's inside, which is mostly not visible stuff like us -- that's only about five percent. The majority of the energy-matter content in the universe is something that we call dark energy.
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How surfboards connect...
epoxy, sometimes fiberglass. There often is also a stringer, a wood piece down the middle, which makes it stronger. The rocker is the curvature of the board in the front. That is important because that determines what kind of wave you will be able to take,
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SD Finalist PIPE National...
okay alex if someone gave you a free ticket to travel anywhere in the world where would you go i would go to cape canaveral i would like to go to space and see the earth from its curvature and what it actually looks like if you see the full picture
Video examples
The fundamentals of...
We assemble a cozy quilt of space-time where world lines look curved. Where the world lines join, the objects collide. By making these connections between the patches, a curvature gets built into space-time itself. But Einstein's true genius
Video examples
Experiencing art as...
of metal of one millimeter thick you can actually sustain up to three people on the top we are not trying to mimic any kind of natural references here we actually need curvature we need curvature for the structural aspect of
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David Deutsch: A new way...
And the unseen, you have to admit, doesn't come to us through the senses. We don't see those nuclear reactions in stars. We don't see the origin of species. We don't see the curvature of space-time, and other universes.
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A lyrical bridge between...
But when you think about it, the only environment in which that would be true would be a flat desert, empty of any other life. But even in a flat desert, the curvature of the earth would take the path away from you.
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Part Ape, Part Human:...
it has a long thumb like a human in fact almost superhuman it's got shortened fingers and it lacks curvature in those fingers it is more advanced than the Homo habilis hand for
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Kurt Cobain
American Singer
My body is damaged from music in two ways. I have a red irritation in my stomach. It's psychosomatic, caused by all the anger and the screaming. I have scoliosis, where the curvature of your spine is bent, and the weight of my guitar has made it worse. I'm always in pain, and that adds to the anger in our music.
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David Deutsch
Scientist
The brain is the only kind of object capable of understanding that the cosmos is even there, or why there are infinitely many prime numbers, or that apples fall because of the curvature of space-time, or that obeying its own inborn instincts can be morally wrong, or that it itself exists.
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Michael J. Massimino
American Astronaut
The Earth - from our altitude at Hubble, we're 350 miles up. We can see the curvature. We can see the roundness of our home, our home planet. And it's the most magnificent thing I've ever seen. It's like looking into Heaven. It's paradise.
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Neil Armstrong
American Astronaut
It's a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much more pronounced than here on earth. It's an interesting place to be. I recommend it.
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Carl Froch
English Athlete
When someone like Richard Branson goes up there and starts doing chartered flights... and you can look back on Earth and see the Earth's curvature, I'll believe the Earth is a globe.
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Wally Funk
I've been in the Concorde, I've seen the curvature of the Earth, the beginning of the darkness. I want more - I want to go up there.
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Carl Froch
English Athlete
There's no proof of the Earth's curvature and this fake space agency Nasa use CGI images and every one is different.
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Phillip Schofield
English Celebrity
I was lucky enough to fly in Concorde, and you get up to 65,000 feet, and I could see the curvature of the Earth.
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Kurt Cobain
American Singer
My body is damaged from music in two ways. I have a red irritation in my stomach. It's psychosomatic, caused by all the anger and the screaming. I have scoliosis, where the curvature of your spine is bent, and the weight of my guitar has made it worse. I'm always in pain, and that adds to the anger in our music.
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David Deutsch
Scientist
The brain is the only kind of object capable of understanding that the cosmos is even there, or why there are infinitely many prime numbers, or that apples fall because of the curvature of space-time, or that obeying its own inborn instincts can be morally wrong, or that it itself exists.
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Michael J. Massimino
American Astronaut
The Earth - from our altitude at Hubble, we're 350 miles up. We can see the curvature. We can see the roundness of our home, our home planet. And it's the most magnificent thing I've ever seen. It's like looking into Heaven. It's paradise.
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Neil Armstrong
American Astronaut
It's a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much more pronounced than here on earth. It's an interesting place to be. I recommend it.
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Carl Froch
English Athlete
When someone like Richard Branson goes up there and starts doing chartered flights... and you can look back on Earth and see the Earth's curvature, I'll believe the Earth is a globe.
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Wally Funk
I've been in the Concorde, I've seen the curvature of the Earth, the beginning of the darkness. I want more - I want to go up there.
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Carl Froch
English Athlete
There's no proof of the Earth's curvature and this fake space agency Nasa use CGI images and every one is different.
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Phillip Schofield
English Celebrity
I was lucky enough to fly in Concorde, and you get up to 65,000 feet, and I could see the curvature of the Earth.
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