how to pronounce curvature

/ˈkɜː.və.tʃəɹ/

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curvature is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of curvature in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… really basic terms is curvature of the …”

meanings of curvature

noun:

The extent to which a subspace is curved within a metric space.
The extent to which a Riemannian manifold is intrinsically curved.
The shape of something curved.

curvature frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word curvature occurs in english on average 4.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics curvature can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that curvature can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;