center of curvature in English
noun
1
the center of a circle that passes through a curve at a given point and has the same tangent and curvature at that point.
The Shack cube interferometer is used to test converging wavefronts at the center of curvature of a reflective surface.
noun
centre of curvature
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1. So let's stick our object between the center of curvature and the focus, or the focal point
2. 18 Denote the center of Curvature at by. When the point moves along the plane curve, the trace curve of the point is called the evolute of the curve, denoted by, and is called the involute of the curve.