radius of curvature

Other forms: radii of curvature; radius of curvatures

Definitions of radius of curvature
  1. noun
    the radius of the circle of curvature; the absolute value of the reciprocal of the curvature of a curve at a given point
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    r, radius
    the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere
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