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“curvature”
1. A bending or turning of an object; especially, an abnormal one: Max has a distorted curvature of his spine.
The geologists were researching the curvature of the earth's surface.
2. Etymology: from Latin curvatura, "a bending"; from curvatus, "crooked, bent, curved".
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curvature of space
According to Einstein's theory of gravitation, massive objects in space; such as, stars, cause space to curve and light to bend.
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Astronomy and related astronomical terms
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