circle of curvature
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The circle that touches a curve (on the concave side) and whose radius is the radius of curvature (synset 105110189)
is a type of: circle - ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed pointsame as: osculating circle
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