Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
CURVATURE
curvature, curve
(noun) the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
curvature
(noun) the rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve
curvature
(noun) (medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal; “curvature of the spine”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
curvature (countable and uncountable, plural curvatures)
The shape of something curved.
(mathematics) The extent to which a subspace is curved within a metric space.
(differential geometry) The extent to which a Riemannian manifold is intrinsically curved.
Source: Wiktionary
Cur"va*ture (kr"v-tr; 135), n. Etym: [L. curvatura. See Curvate.]
1. 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. Cowper. The elegant curvature of their fronds. Darwin.
2. (Math.)
Definition: 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. Aberrancy of curvature (Geom.), the deviation of a curve from a curcular form. -Absolute curvature. See under Absolute.
– Angle of curvature (Geom.), one that expresses the amount of curvature of a curve.
– Chord of curvature. See under Chord.
– Circle of curvature. See Osculating circle of a curve, under Circle.
– Curvature of the spine (Med.), an abnormal curving of the spine, especially in a lateral direction.
– Radius of curvature, the radius of the circle of curvature, or osculatory circle, at any point of a curve.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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