curvature

English

Etymology

From Latin curvare, from Latin curvatura. See also curve.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɝ.və.tʃɚ/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

curvature (countable and uncountable, plural curvatures)

The shape of something curved.
(mathematics) The extent to which a subspace is curved within a metric space.
(differential geometry) The extent to which a Riemannian manifold is intrinsically curved.

Translations

the shape of something curved

French: courbure (fr) f
Greek: καμπυλότητα (el) f (kampylótita), κυρτότητα (el) f (kyrtótita)
Maori: ānautanga

Norwegian:
Bokmål: krumning m, f, kurvatur m

Nynorsk: kurvatur m

mathematics: the extent to which a subspace is curved within a metric space

Norwegian:
Bokmål: krumning m, f, kurvatur m

Nynorsk: kurvatur m

Tagalog: kakiluan

differential geometry: of a Riemannian manifold

French: courbure (fr) f
German: Krümmung (de) f
Greek: καμπυλότητα (el) f (kampylótita)
Indonesian: lekuk (id)

Romanian: curbură (ro) f
Spanish: curvatura (es) f
Tagalog: kakiluan

Italian

Noun

curvature f

plural of curvatura

Latin

Participle

curvātūre

vocative masculine singular of curvātūrus

Old French

Noun

curvature f (oblique plural curvatures, nominative singular curvature, nominative plural curvatures)

curvature

Descendants

English: curvature

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