Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being curved; curvature.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being curved; a bending in a regular form; crookedness.
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- noun The state of being
curved ; abending in a regular form;crookedness .
Etymologies
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Latin curvitas, from curvus bent: compare French curvité.
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Examples
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But notwithstanding this plausible ground of suspicion, when I came to examine it I could observe no such curvity in them.
A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume II: The Beginnings of Modern Science 1904
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He had written his essay on fluxions, described their application to fluents and tangents, and devised a plan for finding the radius of curvity in crooked lines.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists Elbert Hubbard 1885
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