RADIUS OF CURVATURE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The radius of the circle of curvature; the absolute value of the reciprocal of the curvature of a curve at a given point

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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("radius of curvature" is a kind of...):

r; radius (the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere)

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