curvature
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She told the inquiry Elise began struggling with anxiety when she was 10 and also experienced a number of physical health problems, including a curvature of the spine and bowel issues.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Then in 1915, Einstein used these ideas to build his general theory of relativity, describing gravity as curvature in the fabric of space-time.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026
My man was doing donuts on Ventura Boulevard, and you know Ventura Boulevard — there’s a little curvature there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
For torus-shaped surfaces, earlier work showed that a single set of metric and mean curvature values could correspond to as many as two different shapes.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 22, 2026
The analogy that is usually given for explaining the curvature of space is to try to imagine someone from a universe of flat surfaces, who had never seen a sphere, being brought to Earth.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing curvature
Space Science (Astronomy) - Middle School
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Space Science (Astronomy) - High School
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No Summit out of Sight
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