The Disease: The Disease: Bacillus cereus can cause two distinct types of illnesses: 1) a diarrheal illness with an incubation time of approximately 10 to 16 hours, and 2) an emetic (vomiting) illness with an incubation time of one to six hours.
radius of curvature. n. (Mathematics) the absolute value of the reciprocal of the curvature of a curve at a given point; the radius of a circle the curvature of which is equal to that of the given curve at that point. See also centre of curvature.
diameter-a straight line connecting the center of a circle with two points on its perimeter (or the center of a sphere with two points on its surface). straight line-a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature; the shortest distance between two points is a straight line.