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Noun: radius of curvature
  1. The radius of the circle of curvature; the absolute value of the reciprocal of the curvature of a curve at a given point
    "The engineer calculated the radius of curvature to design a safe highway turn"

Derived forms: radii of curvature

Type of: r, radius

Encyclopedia: Radius of curvature