curvative
curvative adjective: having slightly curved margins or sides.
Adjective
curvative (not comparable)
- Having slightly curved margins or sides.
- curvative force
Noun
curvative (plural curvatives)
- The first partial derivative of a function that describes a surface.
- Examination of waves larger than 60 metres will depend on the accuracy with which the spatial derivatives (tilts, curvatives, etc.) of the surface can be obtained.1977, IEEE Council on Oceanic Engineering, Oceanic Engineering Society (U.S.), Oceans
- This equation is descriptive of a Cornu spiral, a spiral whose curvative increases linearly with arclength.1981, 25th IEEE Machine Tools Conference, 1981
- One of the curved walls of the stomach.
- According to Dr. Leuf, when water is taken into the full or partly full stomach, it does not mingle with the food, as we are taught, but passes along quickly between the food and lesser curvative toward the pylorus, through which it passes into the intestines.1890, Louis Philippe McCarty, Health, Happiness and Longevity, →ISBN
- Hyperperistalsis (gastric), with an increase of the number (three or more ) and depth of the waves on both curvatives, is seen typically in obstructing lesions of the duodenum.1924, American journal of psychiatry - Volume 80, page 687
- A convexity or concavity in a surface.
- The five brooms have independent adjustments to conform, to curvatives in the road.1925, Municipal Journal and Public Works - Volume 56, page 511
- An artist who perceives curvatives will also get the same impression when looking at the perspective.1964, Gezienus Doesschate, Perspective: fundamentals, controversials, history, page 49
- A curved deformation.
- If the curvative is due to the unequal pull of the muscles supporting the spine, then the indication is to strengthen the weaker muscles until they are fully able to antagonize those of the opposite side.1895, The Journal of Electro-therapeutics - Volume 13, page 126
- Within these limits the maximum sale deflection of a beam of uniform curve may be taken as double that of a similar beam in which the curvative under stress, is a parabola.1905, Australasian Coachbuilder and Wheelwright
Examples of curvative in a sentence
- Assume first that this region is exactly linear, with no curvative (i.e., ∂2ρ/∂x2 = 0).2010, Daniel M. Zuckerman, Statistical Physics of Biomolecules, →ISBN, page 288:
- If local findings, the absence of peritonitis, and the clinical picture permit it, cases of this type can be managed by a radical curvative or palliative resection.2013, Horst D. Becker, Christian Herfarth, Werner Lierse, Surgery of the Stomach: Indications, Methods, Complications, →ISBN, page 285:
- In a gravity field, the existence of mass-energy determines each element of the space-time curvative, transforms it, and bends space.2013, Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, S. Matsuba, Immersing in the Concrete, →ISBN, page 140:
- Henri Bergson declares that “vice has often the appearance of the curvative of the soul” and evil displays a “moral kink” or “crooked twist” of perverted will or diseased appetite (69).2007, Chi-thinking: Chiasmus and Cognition, →ISBN, page 304:
Forms of curvative
| plural | curvatives |
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Questions about curvative
- What does curvative mean?
- Curvative means having slightly curved margins or sides.
- How do you use curvative in a sentence?
- Assume first that this region is exactly linear, with no curvative (i.e., ∂2ρ/∂x2 = 0).
- What part of speech is curvative?
- Curvative can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near curvative in the dictionary
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