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CENTRE OF CURVATURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The center of the circle of curvature
Synonyms:
center of curvature; centre of curvature
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("centre of curvature" is a kind of...):
center; centre; midpoint (a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure)
Domain region:
Britain (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)