Concept information
Preferred term
arc length
Definition
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Arc length is the distance between two points along a section of a curve. Determining the length of an irregular arc segment by approximating the arc segment as connected (straight) line segments is also called curve rectification. A rectifiable curve has a finite number of segments in its rectification (so the curve has a finite length). If a curve can be parameterized as an injective and continuously differentiable function (i.e., the derivative is a continuous function) , then the curve is rectifiable (i.e., it has a finite length).
(Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc_length)
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Broader concept
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/PSR-DLV6MZQR-7
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