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Curved space refers to the concept in physics and mathematics where the geometry of a space is not flat but instead has curvature. This idea is primarily associated with Einstein's theory of General Relativity, which describes gravity not as a force in the traditional sense but as the effect of mass and energy curving spacetime. In flat (Euclidean) geometry, the shortest distance between two points is a straight line.

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