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curvature of space

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curvature of space [′kər·və·chər əv ′spās]
(relativity)
The deviation of a spacelike three-dimensional subspace of curved space-time from euclidean geometry.
The Gaussian curvature of a spacelike three-dimensional subspace of curved space-time.


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In his monumental 1916 work 'The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity', Albert Einstein unified his own special theory of relativity and Newton's law of universal gravitation with his crucial insight - the effects of gravity may not be a force, but can be described by the curvature of space and time.
Inflation takes care of the first conundrum by stretching the universe so much that any local curvature of space from a concentration of mass flattens out.
3) That this variation of the curvature of space is what really happens in that phenomenon which we call the motion of matter, whether ponderable or ethereal.
 
 
 
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