Talk:Radius of curvature (applications)

message: Note that the usages of this term discussed at radius and intrinsic coordinates#Radius of curvature are technically distinct. The former is either the radius of a surface with circular cross-section, or (in engineering, at least) is the radius of the largest circle that circumscribes the part. The latter is the radius of a circle, tangent to a curve at a point, with matching curvature at that point. These are not the same thing.--Srleffler 15:34, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Different definitions

message: Radius of curvature (applications) → Radius of curvature — This article appears to have been moved without consensus. Nontrivial page moves must be discussed first. The new name is not good, and it makes little sense to have an article on applications of radius of curvature rather than an article on radius of curvature itself. The change seems to be ill-conceived. —Srleffler (talk) 03:27, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *Support or *Oppose, then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.
*Comment. See my comment at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mathematics#Radius of curvature. See also the long-standing comments in a similar vein from Geoff under "Curvature confusion", above. Matt 11:32, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

text: Any additional comments:
=== Outcome ===
 Since there doesn't seem to be consensus to move, I'm closing this request. -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 04:16, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Requested move

message: :Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *Support or *Oppose, then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.
*Comment. See my comment at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mathematics#Radius of curvature. See also the long-standing comments in a similar vein from Geoff under "Curvature confusion", above. Matt 11:32, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: Since there doesn't seem to be consensus to move, I'm closing this request. -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 04:16, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Outcome 

message: A picture would do wonders. Could someone please, please make one? Thanks in advance.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.25.176.175 (talk) 21:47, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: There already seems to be an adequate diagram in the article. I'm closing this request for now. If anyone has a suggestion for an additional diagram just let me know.  --CheCheDaWaff (talk) 23:23, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture request

message: I've added a section that gives just the formulas needed for the Earth; this article comes up as the second result for the search "earth radius of curvature", so might as well make it easy for people to find the few formulas needed for that. Tim Zukas (talk) 18:07, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  New section: curvature of the earth 

message: This appears to be good information and well-written, so it would be nice to have it somewhere.  Unfortunately, I feel this is far too much detail on aspects of semiconductors beyond the application of radius of curvature, and should be trimmed to something concise and resembling the other applications mentioned.  Anybody else? BillHart93 (talk) 15:44, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Application to Semiconductors