noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/ˈkɜɹ.və.tʃəɹ/
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CMU ARPABET:K ER1 V AH0 CH ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
The shape of something curved.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 2
The extent to which a subspace is curved within a metric space.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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Meaning 3
The extent to which a Riemannian manifold is intrinsically curved.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: differential geometry
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4
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Meaning 4
the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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