curvaturecur‧va‧ture /ˈkɜːvətʃə $ ˈkɜːrvətʃər/ noun [countable, uncountable] technical 
Word Origin
the curvature of the Earth’s surface He suffered from curvature of the spine.
Word OriginWORD ORIGINcurvature
ExamplesOrigin:
1400-1500 Latin curvatura, from curvare; ➔ CURVE2EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
word sets- In this case only, the surface corresponds to a curvature singularity.
- The different components refer to the different curvatures in different directions in the space-time.
- Their curvatures can only be obtained rigorously from the solution of Einstein's equation.
- They contain the usual coordinate singularity on the hypersurface but, for this class, this is not a curvature singularity.
- They would also give rise to a smaller Schwarzschild mass parameter, and hence greater curvature on the horizon.
- This, the Riemann curvature tensor, quantifies space-time curvature.
- Using an element of known direction of curvature one can thus conveniently determine the direction of curvature of another element.
- When is small compared with unity, the curvature is small and general relativistic effects are negligible.
WORD SETS► Maths
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► great
the state of being curved, or the degree to which something is curvedcurvature of· They would also give rise to a smaller Schwarzschild mass parameter, and hence greater curvature on the horizon.· At various periods after the injection of endothelin-1, the stomach was removed and opened along the greater curvature.· Thereafter, the specimens were carefully opened along the greater curvature, laid on and pinned out on a flat surface.· The stomach was removed, opened along the greater curvature, rinsed in ice cold 0.9% saline and weighed.· Rats were decapitated and the stomach were removed, opened along the greater curvature.
NOUN► tensor· This, the Riemann curvature tensor, quantifies space-time curvature.· We shall now briefly bring out the relationship between the Gaussian curvature and the Riemann curvature tensor.· This can not be a curvature singularity, since the curvature tensor on it is zero.· For vacuum solutions, in these regions at most one component, either 4 or 0, of the curvature tensor is non-zero.· The curvature tensor can be identified by using an approach that was introduced in Chapter 3.
the curvature of the Earth’s surface He suffered from curvature of the spine.