English to afrikaans meaning of

curvature

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "kromming" is die mate waarin 'n kromme afwyk van 'n reguit lyn of die toestand van krom. Dit kan verwys na die hoeveelheid buiging of buiging in 'n lyn of voorwerp, of die kromming van 'n oppervlak of ruimte. In wiskunde is kromming 'n maatstaf van hoe skerp 'n kromme of oppervlak van rigting verander by 'n spesifieke punt. In fisika word kromming ook gebruik om die buiging van ruimte-tyd in Einstein se teorie van algemene relatiwiteit te beskryf.

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  1. He had even thought of retreating beyond a curvature in the natural wall, which might still conceal him and his companions, when by the sudden gleam of intelligence that shot across the features of the savage, he saw it was too late, and that they were betrayed.
  2. Being in communion with the Ether of the Earth, its shape and curvature, he knew the exact distance and direction he would have to travel to reach Thrasa.
  3. The space-time curvature was too much for a brain accustomed to normal, three dimensional things to really process.
  4. A narrow red and green striped tie hung from his neck, running over the curvature of his round stomach and terminating slightly above his belt.
  5. They stood, slouched in the gaps beside their assigned bunk, heads bowed against the low curvature of the roof.
  6. Behind them, the curvature of the banks soon bounded the view by the same dark and wooded outline but in front, and apparently at no great distance, the water seemed piled against the heavens, whence it tumbled into caverns, out of which issued those sullen sounds that had loaded the evening atmosphere.
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