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curvature

[kur-vuh-cher, -choor] / ˈkɜr və tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər /


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This streamlined version—co-written with Leonard Mlodinow, a physicist and popular-science author—retains explanations of vital topics, such as the curvature of spacetime and Einstein’s theory of relativity, but dispenses with the drier sections.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

In contrast, compact surfaces such as spheres were thought to follow the rule, with metric and mean curvature fully determining their shape.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

Isla, 14, from Plymouth, was diagnosed with scoliosis, or curvature of the spine, about 18 months ago and has had to wear a brace for 20 hours a day since.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

These two approaches struggle to coexist when particles move through curved spacetime while also influencing that curvature.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2026

That distortion—the curvature caused by objects sitting on the sheet—is gravity.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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