curvature
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"They need to have armrests and a backrest, there needs to be curvature to the seat, I like a bench to be made out of wood," explained Wilmot.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
"That tells us we can potentially tune electrical behavior by carefully controlling curvature at the nanoscale."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
At low energies and under conditions of weak spacetime curvature, the equations of Gravity from Entropy reproduce General Relativity.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
Then in 1915, Einstein used these ideas to build his general theory of relativity, describing gravity as curvature in the fabric of space-time.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026
In fact, all our theories of science are formulated on the assumption that space-time is smooth and nearly flat, so they break down at the big bang singularity, where the curvature of space-time is infinite.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
Vocabulary lists containing curvature
Space Science (Astronomy) - Middle School
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No Summit out of Sight
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