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  • noun Plural form of curvature.

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Examples

  • The curvatures in this house are absulutely stunning.

    Shell Villa by ARTechnic Architects 2009

  • This doubly curved wall derives its visual interest from the interactions of the horizontal and vertical curvatures as well as the patterns the bricks assume on the variously angled surfaces.

    Wolfram Blog : Designing the Brick Wall of the Future 2009

  • The series of acoustic curvatures were tested and developed with computer modeling and each ‘timber grain’ profile has been translated and cut from computer-generated 3-D data, using Computer Numerical Control (CNC) technology.

    The Cave – Bookcase with a Reading Space 2010

  • It was the solar sail which filled most of the screen, like a turning golden sun wheel; yet remote vision could also appreciate its spider web intricacy, soaring and subtle curvatures, even the less-than gossamer thinness.

    The Clique 2010

  • Various cosmologies are connected to each other through polarized vacuum structure where huge Weyl curvatures exist — such as near the singularity of a black hole.

    Searching for Life in the Multiverse | Universe Today 2010

  • Layers of glowing white draped and clung to the curvatures of her slight though tall frame, and it was as though the fabric itself was made from moonlight.

    Nevermore Kelly Creagh 2010

  • The left hand side involves curvatures smaller than the square of the diameter of an atom.

    New Pulsar "Clocks" Will Aid Gravitational Wave Detection | Universe Today 2010

  • Layers of glowing white draped and clung to the curvatures of her slight though tall frame, and it was as though the fabric itself was made from moonlight.

    Nevermore Kelly Creagh 2010

  • Layers of glowing white draped and clung to the curvatures of her slight though tall frame, and it was as though the fabric itself was made from moonlight.

    Nevermore Kelly Creagh 2010

  • Because all letterforms have curves the curvatures end up sawtoothed and so not the full percentage of the tint.

    Obama's Birth Certificate: Yes, He's American 2009

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