A curvature of a submanifold of a manifold which depends on its particular embedding. Examples of extrinsic curvature include the curvature and torsion of curves in three-space, or the mean curvature of surfaces in three-space.
Extrinsic Curvature
See also
Curvature, Intrinsic Curvature, Mean CurvatureExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
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Weisstein, Eric W. "Extrinsic Curvature." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/ExtrinsicCurvature.html