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1. (medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal
   "curvature of the spine"
    
2. The rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve
    
3. The property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
   - curve

Derived forms: curvatures

See also: curve

Type of: condition, configuration, conformation, contour, derivative, derived function, differential, differential coefficient, first derivative, form, shape, status

Encyclopedia: Curvature