curvature

Example Sentences

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If this happens, spacetime curvature is no longer perfectly defined at every point.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

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

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

The researchers also connect geometric torsion to the curvature of spacetime on large scales.

From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2025

Dusk was falling so quickly that it seemed you could almost sense the curvature of the earth arching away from the sun.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee