Bible Dictionaries
Curvature

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The act of curving, or the state of being bent or curved; a curving or bending, normal or abnormal, as of a line or surface from a rectilinear direction; a bend; a curve.

(2):

(n.) The amount of degree of bending of a mathematical curve, or the tendency at any point to depart from a tangent drawn to the curve at that point.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Curvature'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/curvature.html. 1828.