curvaturechart
nounUK /ˈkɜːvətʃə tʃɑːt/
US /ˈkɝːvətʃɚ tʃɑːrt/
A picture that shows how much something bends or curves.
The teacher used a curvature chart to show how the road bends around the hill.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A graph that shows how the bending of a surface changes from place to place.
Engineers studied the curvature chart to find the sharpest turn in the pipe.
3. A table of numbers that describes how curved a line or shape is at each point.
The curvature chart listed the bend at every point along the track.
4. A visual tool used in math class to compare different curves.
We made a curvature chart to compare the circle and the oval.