curvature

== English == === Etymology === From Latin curvare, from Latin curvatura. See also curve. Displaced native Old English ġebīeġednes. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɜɹ.və.tʃəɹ/ === 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Italian == === Noun === curvature f plural of curvatura == Latin == === Participle === curvātūre vocative masculine singular of curvātūrus == Old French == === Noun === curvature oblique singular, f (oblique plural curvatures, nominative singular curvature, nominative plural curvatures) curvature ==== Descendants ==== English: curvature