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Definition of Curvity
1. n. The state of being curved; a bending in a regular form; crookedness.
Definition of Curvity
1. Noun. The state of being curved; a bending in a regular form; crookedness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Curvity
1. the state of being curved [n CURVITIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Curvity
Literary usage of Curvity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Theory and Analysis of Ornament Applied to the Work of Elementary and by François Louis Schauermann (1892)
"curvity has the quality of continuation, and it requires a mathematical expression
... In architecture, curvity is a particular quality which changes; yet, ..."
2. The Journal and Transactions of the Photographic Society of Great Britain by Photographic Society of Great Britain (1859)
"1st incidence = 1st curvity, since the direct ray RB is parallel to axis.
1st deviation —the différence between the angle of ..."
3. Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by Colin MacFarquhar, George Gleig (1797)
"It is the notion of plain figure, and not of figure in general, that, joined with
the idea of curvity, makes up the complex conception of curve-lined ..."
4. The Philosophical History and Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences at by Académie royale des sciences (France) (1742)
"We muft therefore determine the curvity of the Iail, or which is the fame problem
more fimple, the curvity of a fimple cord, ..."
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