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Curvature vs Straightness - What's the difference?

curvature | straightness |

As nouns the difference between curvature and straightness

is that curvature is the shape of something curved while straightness is (uncountable) the state or quality of being straight (especially in the sense of "heterosexual" ).

curvature

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The shape of something curved.
  • (mathematics) The extent to which a subspace is curved within a metric space.
  • The extent to which a Riemannian manifold is intrinsically curved.

    • straightness

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The state or quality of being straight (especially in the sense of "heterosexual" ).
  • (countable) The result or product of being straight.

    • Synonyms

    *heterosexuality

    Antonyms

    *gayness