Curvature

Curvature is the way of measuring how much something is bending or curving. To think about it, imagine a road that goes straight. It wouldn't be bent or curved, but if you took the same road and made it that it goes around in circles, then that road would be bent or curved, and we say it is curved with a lot of curvature.

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