What is curvature?
What is curvature?
- The act of curving or the state of being curved.
- Mathematics The ratio of the change in the angle of a tangent that moves over a given arc to the length of the arc.
- Mathematics The limit of this ratio as the length of the arc approaches zero.
- Mathematics The reciprocal of the radius of a circle.
- Medicine A curving or bending, especially an abnormal one: curvature of the spine.