curvature

Roget category 245

2. Words relating to space
› 2.3. Form
›› 2.3.2. Special form

#245. Curvature

noun

curvature, curvity^†, curvation^† — incurvature^†, incurvity^† — incurvation^† — bend — flexure, flexion, flection^† — conflexure^† — crook, hook, bought, bending — deflection, deflexion^† — inflection, inflexion^† — concameration^† — arcuation^†, devexity^†, turn, deviation, detour, sweep — curl, curling — bough — recurvity^†, recurvation^† — sinuosity etc. 248.
kink.
carve, arc, arch, arcade, vault, bow, crescent, half-moon, lunule^†, horseshoe, loop, crane neck — parabola, hyperbola — helix, spiral — catenary^†, festoon — conchoid^†, cardioid — caustic — tracery — arched ceiling, arched roof — bay window, bow window.
sine curve — spline, spline curve, spline function — obliquity etc. 217.

verb

be curved, etc. adj. — curve, sweep, sway, swag, sag — deviate etc. 279 — curl, turn — reenter.
render curved etc. adj. — flex, bend, curve, incurvate^† — inflect — deflect, scatter [Phys.] — refract (light) 420 — crook — turn, round, arch, arcuate, arch over, concamerate^† — bow, curl, recurve, frizzle.
rotundity etc. 249 — convexity etc. 250.

adjective

curved etc. v. — curviform^†, curvilineal^†, curvilinear — devex^†, devious — recurved, recurvous^† — crump^† — bowed etc. v. — vaulted, hooked — falciform^†, falcated^† — semicircular, crescentic — sinusoid [Geom.], parabolic, paraboloid — luniform^†, lunular^† — semilunar, conchoidal^† — helical, double helical, spiral — kinky — cordiform^†, cordated^† — cardioid — heart shaped, bell shaped, boat shaped, crescent shaped, lens shaped, moon shaped, oar shaped, shield shaped, sickle shaped, tongue shaped, pear shaped, fig shaped — kidney-shaped, reniform — lentiform^†, lenticular — bow-legged etc. (distorted) 243 — oblique etc. 217 — circular etc. 247.
aduncated^†, arclike^†, arcuate, arched, beaked — bicorn^†, bicornuous^†, bicornute^† — clypeate^†, clypeiform^† — cymbiform^†, embowed^†, galeiform^† — hamate^†, hamiform^†, hamous^† — hooked — linguiform^†, lingulate^† — lobiform^†, lunate, navicular^†, peltate^†, remiform^†, rhamphoid^† — rostrate^†, rostriferous^†, rostroid^† — scutate^†, scaphoid^†, uncate^† — unguiculate^†, unguiform^†.

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