<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>The act of curving or the state of being curved.</li><li>A curved condition, often abnormal: curvature of the spine.</li><li>The degree of curving of a line or surface.</li><li>Geometry: (at a point on a curve) the derivative of the inclination of the tangent with respect to arc length.</li><li>The absolute value of this derivative.</li><li>Something curved.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Of, referring to, or for use in dealing with a crisis.</li></ul>