- published: 20 May 2016
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In mathematics, curvature is any of a number of loosely related concepts in different areas of geometry. Intuitively, curvature is the amount by which a geometric object deviates from being flat, or straight in the case of a line, but this is defined in different ways depending on the context. There is a key distinction between extrinsic curvature, which is defined for objects embedded in another space (usually a Euclidean space) in a way that relates to the radius of curvature of circles that touch the object, and intrinsic curvature, which is defined at each point in a Riemannian manifold. This article deals primarily with the first concept.
The canonical example of extrinsic curvature is that of a circle, which has a curvature equal to the reciprocal of its radius everywhere. Smaller circles bend more sharply, and hence have higher curvature. The curvature of a smooth curve is defined as the curvature of its osculating circle at each point.
More commonly curvature is a scalar quantity, but one may also define a curvature vector that takes into account the direction of the bend as well as its sharpness. The curvature of more complex objects (such as surfaces or even curved n-dimensional spaces) is described by more complex objects from linear algebra, such as the general Riemann curvature tensor.
I've got nothing against a man
Whose dick is hard and straight
I'll take it in my hand
It sure feels great
But there's one thing
That turns me on for sure
And that is a man
Whose dick has got curvature
Curvature, curvature
Something that can peek out at me around the furniture
Curvature, curvature
Something that really gets me of is curvature
When I get home with a guy
And it's getting late
I can't wait to gauge the angle of his tubesteak
When I get around
To opening his package
The guy who's bent like the St. Louis arch