Gravity was not a physical force but was caused by a curvature in space-time.
Edith suffered from curvature of the spine and was forced to wear a heavy metal cage.
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Keep your lower spine flat against the back of the chair to maintain proper curvature.
Much depends on the curvature of the track and other factors, Donovan said.
To work, microwave requires a line of sight between masts but the curvature of the earth sometimes makes that impossible.
To question his motivation was to be narrow-minded about the curvature of life.
Einstein's general theory of relativity states that objects with mass cause a curvature in space-time, which we perceive as gravity.
This impression is reinforced by the curvature of the rear window and the elegant chrome strip between the rear light clusters.
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These actuators maintain the curvature of the surface as the mirror moves.
The skeleton also showed severe scoliosis - a curvature of the spine.
Users can draw graphic shapes on top of images to study such phenomena as parabolas produced by water fountains and the curvature of antennas.
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Ruth Anim, 27, from Kilburn, who has epilepsy, heart problems, severe autism and curvature of the spine, has the mental age of a 10-year-old.
We even obsessed down to a micro-angle of the profile's curvature.
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The soft curvature of cushions and striking upholstery colors balance the linear sofa profiles, while robust tripod bases give the tables and stool a jaunty appearance.
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The skeleton also showed evidence of severe scoliosis - a curvature of the spine - which may have led Shakespeare to portray him as a "hunchback" king.
Contractures may also play a part in the development of scoliosis, a sideways curvature of the spine that further reduces lung efficiency in people who have muscular dystrophy.
Engineers took the curvature of the Earth into their calculations.
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His playing blended both the staccato the way he hit notes, with a rather slow and even vibrato and the curvature of the long, flowing phrase.
Behind the deep aluminum accents, the unique curvature of the unit goes beyond aesthetics with non-parallel walls that prevent the cross-cancellation of sound waves and produces more natural sound.
Without the scoliosis, which experts believe developed during teenage years, he would have been about 5ft 8ins (1.7m) tall, but the curvature would have made him appear "considerably" shorter.
Rather than snipping the ends, carve-and-slice involves cutting at the curvature of each curl, which Ms. Fowler said removes some of the weight and puffiness associated with curly hair.
In addition, the railroad does biannual machine inspections of all its rails using equipment that check for proper rail geometry such as the level or curvature on a given set of tracks.
Shakespeare and others have characterized Richard III as a hunchback, and the body found among the remains of what was once a monastery shows signs of scoliosis, or curvature of the spine.
Gravity, he figured, was a warping of space and time, and he came up with the equations that describe how the dynamics of this curvature result from the interplay between matter, motion, and energy.
Mr Philip Sell, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham and secretary of the British Association of Spine Surgeons, said operations are carried out to prevent the curvature from becoming worse.
Experts say other evidence -- including battle wounds and signs of scoliosis, or curvature of the spine, found during the search and the more than four months of tests since support the DNA findings.
With Sony's expertise in design and craftsmanship, the Xperia ZL comes with subtly rounded edges, a curvature that fits naturally into the palm of your hand, and a compact layout that optimizes the iconic phone design.
This farm will be located 20 miles offshore so that the curvature of the earth will prevent it from being visible from shore and will contain 100 5MW turbines in a grid four by eight miles wide.
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Childhood polio had left her deformed with double curvature of the spine, but she didn't let her handicap keep her from becoming the acting and public speaking star of Washington State College, joining the faculty immediately after graduation.
"With more than five years research behind developing the optimum curvature, the entire screen surface is equidistant from the viewer's eyes, eliminating the problem of screen-edge visual distortion and loss of detail, " the company said in a press release.
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