"curvity" meaning in English

See curvity in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: curvities [plural]
Etymology: From Latin curvitas, from curvus (“bent”). Compare French curvité. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|curvitas}} Latin curvitas, {{cog|fr|curvité}} French curvité Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} curvity (countable and uncountable, plural curvities)
  1. The state of being curved; a bending in a regular form; crookedness. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: concurvity

Inflected forms

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