Used in a Sentence

curvature

How to use curvature in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for curvature.

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In fact, what's going on is that Wile E. is always falling, due to the curvature of spacetime created by the Earth.

Examples15
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal; "curvature of the spine"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of curvature gathered in one view.

noun

(medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal; "curvature of the spine"

noun

the rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve

noun

the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for curvature.

noun

(medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal; "curvature of the spine"

noun

the rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve

noun

the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface

Example sentences

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In fact, what's going on is that Wile E. is always falling, due to the curvature of spacetime created by the Earth.

2

Ground based Radars have an effective range of something in the region of 200miles due to the earth's curvature.

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This is important because now you have more choices with regards to routes, which leads to less curvature and higher speeds.

4

Ships disappear on the horizon because of curvature, not distance.

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Radius of curvature sets the focal length and the min and max elevations of the sun are set by your latitude.

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Normally, the curvature of the earth would make it impossible to detect anything at such distances.

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To distinguish all of these cases, we estimate "curvature at a scale" at each point on the contour and build a histogram of curvature values.

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Light is affected by gravity because gravity is really a curvature of spacetime.

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But in the latter you feel no forces except for tidal forces because you are simply following the curvature of the local spacetime.

10

Basically the state space is curved, so you can speed up learning if take the curvature into account when sampling in the space of possible neural nets.

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ExactlyAlso, you won't be able to use a can opener if the diameter is too small, since can openers work in a straight line, if the diameter is too small it won't fit in the curvature

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I thought Einstein said that over 100 years ago. From my understanding gravity is not a force but a curvature of space time, did I misread something?The really interesting bit about black holes and universes encoding information on the surface is this: The Chandrasekhar limit radius for a mass equal to the weight of the universe, once you figure that out, look up the best known estimate for the radius of the universe.

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If the coaster is going fast enough, then the radius of curvature of the parabola at that location in the coaster's trajectory is greater than that of the track, in which case the track gets to apply additional centripetal force and turn the coaster -more- than it 'wants' to.

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The texture of the colored bits is really, really good - better than anything HTC or Samsung is fielding, IMO.- The curvature of the device feels very natural in the hand, moreso than IMO most phones - particularly Motorola phones that feels very front-heavy and too-thin.- The glass front feels like glass, unlike, say, Samsung's phones.

Proper noun examples

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He defined principal curvatures to be maximum and minumum values k1 and k2...He then defined Gaussian Curvature K = k1*k2.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use curvature in a sentence?

In fact, what's going on is that Wile E. is always falling, due to the curvature of spacetime created by the Earth.

What does curvature mean?

(medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal; "curvature of the spine"

What part of speech is curvature?

curvature is commonly used as noun.