CENTRE OF CURVATURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does centre of curvature mean? 

• CENTRE OF CURVATURE (noun)
  The noun CENTRE OF CURVATURE has 1 sense:

1. the center of the circle of curvature

  Familiarity information: CENTRE OF CURVATURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CENTRE OF CURVATURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The center of the circle of curvature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

center of curvature; centre of curvature

Hypernyms ("centre of curvature" is a kind of...):

center; centre; midpoint (a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure)

Domain region:

Britain (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)