curvature
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When planning the route, “we didn’t exactly follow every single curvature of the coast,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
"It allows for operations at very low altitudes -- it is controlled by a signal from space, bypassing the radio horizon and the Earth's curvature -- factors that otherwise limit ground-based remote control signals."
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
By the time it was removed, I was rail-thin, had a curvature of the spine and lost much of my hair due to antibiotics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The cornea was an especially intriguing target because its precise curvature determines how effectively the eye focuses light.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026
The curvature of the rubber sheet is not only a curvature of space, but a curvature of time as well.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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