curvature

curvature
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
Curving
Nouns
1. curvature, curving, curvity, curvation; incurvity, incurvation; flexure, crook, hook, bend[ing]; deflection, inflection; arcuation, devexity, turn; recurvity, recurvation; rotundity; curl[ing], sinuosity (see convolution). See circularity, convexity, concavity, fold.
2. curve, arc, arch, vault, bow, bend, hairpin turn, S-curve, U-turn; crescent, half moon, semicircle, horseshoe, lunule, miniscus, scythe, crane-neck, parabola, hyperbola; catenary, festoon, swag; conchoid, cardioid, caustic; Bézier curve; tracery (see ornament).
Verbs
1. (have curvature) be curved, sweep, swag, sag; turn, incurve.
2. (move in a curve) curve, bend, incurve, incurvate, double up; deflect, inflect; crook; turn, round, arch, arch over, bow, curl, recurve.
Adjectives — curved, curviform, curvilineal, curvilinear; recurved, recurvate; bowed, bent, vaulted, arched, arcuate, hooked; convex, concave; falciform, falcated; semicircular, crescentic; liniform, lunilar; semilunar; conchoidal; cordiform, cordated; heart, bell-, pear-, or fig-shaped; cardioid; hook-shaped, crescent[-shaped]; kidney-shaped, reniform; lens-shaped, lentiform, lenticular; arcuate[d]; bowlegged (see distortion). Informal, curvaceous.
Antonyms, see straightness, angularity.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. curving, bend, shape, deflection; see curve 1 .
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun Something bent: bend, bow2, crook, curve, round, turn. See STRAIGHT.

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