centre of curvature

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   the center of the circle of curvature

   Synonymscenter of curvature

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Questions about centre of curvature

What does centre of curvature mean?

centre of curvature means "the center of the circle of curvature".

What is another word for centre of curvature?

Close synonyms include center of curvature. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is centre of curvature a common word?

centre of curvature is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.