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curvature

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


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The website for the bridge project says the bridge tower shape “reflects the curvature of a hockey stick in a slap shot.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

It describes the curvature of the quantum space through which electrons travel and influences many microscopic properties of materials.

From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2026

Part of the problem was there was no camera directly on the line to show the curvature of the ball relative to the line.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2026

Eddington measured the position of a star during a solar eclipse and spotted the curvature that Einstein had predicted.

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




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