curvature /ˈkɜɹ.və.tʃəɹ/ noun3 •The shape of something curved.Constructional costs are kept to a minimum by the admissibility of heavy grades and sharp curvature. — 1946 •The extent to which a subspace is curved within a metric space. •The extent to which a Riemannian manifold is intrinsically curved. formscurvatures