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curvation

curvation noun: the act of curving or bending, or the shape of the resulting curve; curvature.

Noun

curvation (countable and uncountable, plural curvations)

  1. The act of curving or bending, or the shape of the resulting curve; curvature.
    • Knowing, then, the conical form and the diameter of the wheels, as well as the average velocity of the motion and the breadth of the way, this expression will give the surplus of elevation y that suits the radius of curvation r.1840, François Marie Guyonneau de Pambour, A Practical Treatise on Locomotive Engines Upon Railways
    • According to the calculated rate of curvation of a spherical body of 25,000 miles in circumference, a straight line running at right angles with the perpendicular at the transmitting stations, Mount Uncompahgre, would run as a tangent from the line of curvation so that in the distance of 183 miles...1899, "Rectangle" (pseudonym of T. Winship.), Zetetic Cosmogony, page 125
  2. A measure of how much a curve deviates from a straight line.
    • Divide this angle by the degree of curvation and the result 2.6/4 = .65 is the length of the chord EV.1850, Samuel Wright Mifflin, Methods of Location
    • The ductility of a concrete cross-section will be defined as the ratio of the ultimate curvation and the yield curvation.2001, M Y H Bangash, Manual of Numerical Methods in Concrete, page 872

Examples of curvation in a sentence

  • Imperfect curvation, or crookedness of the features, the head, the limbs, the organs, and body, producing malformations of the organs of speech, hearing, and sight.1900, Mrs. Mary Olmstead Stanton, The Encyclopedia of Face and Form Reading, page 57:
  • It offers numerous opportunities for flexion, curvation and torsion of the ureter.1909, Byron Robinson, “Conclusions in Regard to Uro-Ureter due to Nephroptosia”, in Henry G. Spooner, editor, The American Journal of...
  • If spontaneous movement corrects curvation, then there is no problem.·2011, Margaret R Colyar, Assessment Of The School-Age Child and Adolescent, page 120:
  • The curvation can also be considered as the angle enclosed by two tangents on the endpoints of an infinitesimal small interval of the polynomial.2006, Günter Wilkening, Ludger Koenders, Nanoscale Calibration Standards and Methods:

Forms of curvation

pluralcurvations

Origin of curvation

From Latin curvatio, equivalent to curve + -ation.

Questions about curvation

What does curvation mean?
Curvation means the act of curving or bending, or the shape of the resulting curve; curvature.
How do you use curvation in a sentence?
Imperfect curvation, or crookedness of the features, the head, the limbs, the organs, and body, producing malformations of the organs of speech, hearing, and sight.
What part of speech is curvation?
Curvation is a noun.
What is the plural of curvation?
The plural of curvation is curvations.

Words near curvation in the dictionary

  1. Curvada
  2. curvas
  3. curvate
  4. curvated
  5. curvaticin
  6. curvation
  7. curvations
  8. curvative
  9. curvatives
  10. curvaton
  11. curvatonic

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