as in curves
something that curves or is curved
curvature of the spine is called scoliosis
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Recent Examples of curvatures
Posture Changes Spine curvatures can make standing up straight difficult, causing lower right back pain.
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Brandi Jones, Health, 6 Sep. 2025
Their team built custom platinum contact lenses, press-molded to precise curvatures, and connected them to electrodes.
—Meghie Rodrigues, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2025
Just look at the curvatures displayed by the unique design setting it apart from the rest.
—Marc D. Grasso, Boston Herald, 21 Aug. 2025
Its signature lies in fluid curvatures and elegant silhouettes that strike the perfect balance between understated and striking.
—Lauren Alexis Fisher, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Brandi Jones, Health, 6 Sep. 2025
Their team built custom platinum contact lenses, press-molded to precise curvatures, and connected them to electrodes.
—Meghie Rodrigues, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2025
Just look at the curvatures displayed by the unique design setting it apart from the rest.
—Marc D. Grasso, Boston Herald, 21 Aug. 2025
Its signature lies in fluid curvatures and elegant silhouettes that strike the perfect balance between understated and striking.
—Lauren Alexis Fisher, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for curvatures
Noun
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The downy-soft synthetic bristles cling to curves for seamless, stripe-free sculpting of your cheekbones, forehead, and jawline.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Acceleration is smooth, curves are stable, and the only significant resistance comes from air drag.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The fairway bends gently left, bordered by trees and water on the left side, a bunker on the right, and a second water carry into a green guarded by a large bunker on the left.—
Tim Corlett,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The river’s bends are driven by larger-scale, longer-term phenomena — the shifting of tectonic plates, the erosion of the riverbank by plant roots, the volume of water flowing through the atmosphere and landscape, and more.—
Joseph Howlett,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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These next-generation molecules effectively integrate combination therapy into a single drug, attacking cancer from multiple angles simultaneously.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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To recreate the rickety window dressing, construct a frame of white lattice strips, cut boards from veneer paneling, then staple them at angles into the frame.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Curvatures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curvatures. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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