incurvature

noun

Definition of incurvaturenext
as in loop

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  1. loop
  2. reflection
  3. fold
  4. slope
  5. twist
  6. spiral
  7. flexure
  8. swirl
Noun
  • Long before feedback control, engineers relied on open-loop systems — and still do.
    — Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The ride reaches speeds of 72 mph, the fastest coaster in Universal’s global portfolio, while traversing 4,100 feet of track, two towering inverted loops and a pretzel loop.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of loop
Noun
  • The latest leg of the sell-off is a reflection of a mix of high government debt issuance, an oil-price shock that has reignited inflation concerns and expectations that central banks may keep monetary policy tighter for longer.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Chelsea, despite missing out on a late move for Lamine Camara, and Tottenham have improved considerably, but that is more a reflection of previous dysfunction — and a lighter schedule — than inspired recruitment.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of reflection
Noun
  • The tight cropping in the monochrome nudes isolates slopes, folds, shadowed recesses and curved planes that hover between landscape and abstraction.
    — Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • One rises, then another, then seemingly all of them—great striped bulbs of crimson, lemon yellow, and turquoise drifting between the fairy chimneys as the first sunlight catches the dusty pink folds of the landscape.
    — Scott Campbell, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of fold
Noun
  • Four unique climbing routes offer different experiences when climbing the Palisades slope, ranging from small loops of half the mountain to full summits to the top of the 1,200-foot peak.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The weather service said the locally higher rain amounts are expected on south and southeast slopes.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of slope
Noun
  • And not even a strong Campbell performance and killer kills could make up for a sad use of AI and the least effective finale twist reveal to date.
    — Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Usually, that would mean that Naheim, Joseph, and Bryan would all be going home — but the judges decide, in another twist, to bring a fourth designer to the finale.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of twist
Noun
  • Hawthorne failed to pay its bills, which prompted a cutoff of simulcast racing from other tracks and led to a death spiral.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Both economists agree that deficits of this magnitude no longer automatically trigger the inflation spiral that economic orthodoxy once predicted—which is precisely why Washington has felt no urgency to act.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of spiral
Noun
  • How much cleavage, compression, flexure, impact, tension, or shear is required to break the plane of a Titebond bond?
    — Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Processes such as hydrofracture and flexure remain understudied, and ice-sheet models do not yet include realistic treatment of these processes.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2021
Definition of flexure
Noun
  • Desserts are chocolate pudding and Goldee’s banana pudding – or a swirl of the two.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2026
  • In public debates, arguments for voting yes swirl around the potential stability of the euro and the chance to bring down inflation, now at more than 5%, and interest rates, which are at 8%.
    — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of swirl
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“Incurvature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incurvature. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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