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Curve Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Curve? [n] a baseball thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approach the batter [n] curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.) [n] the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface [n] a line on a graph representing data [n] the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes [v] form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"; "The road curved" [v] turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" [v] bend or cause to bend [v] form an arch [v] extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Curve: arc \| arch \| bend \| bender \| breaking ball \| crook \| curl \| curvature \| curve ball \| curved shape \| cut \| kink \| sheer \| slew \| slue \| swerve \| trend \| veer \| wind Related Terms \| Find terms related to Curve: aberrancy \| aberration \| arc \| arch \| artful dodge \| artifice \| bag of tricks \| bear off \| bend \| bend back \| bias \| blind \| bluff \| bosey \| bow \| bowl \| branch off \| branching off \| cast \| catacaustic \| catch \| catenary \| caustic \| change of pace \| change the bearing \| change-up \| chicanery \| chouse \| chuck \| chunk \| circle \| circuit \| circuitousness \| circumference \| coil \| compass \| conchoid \| corner \| crook \| curl \| curvation \| curvature \| curve-ball \| declination \| decurve \| deflect \| depart from \| departure \| design \| detour \| deviance \| deviancy \| deviate \| deviation \| device \| deviousness \| diacaustic \| diffract \| diffuse \| digress \| digression \| dirty deal \| dirty trick \| discursion \| disperse \| distort \| divagate \| divagation \| divaricate \| divarication \| diverge \| divergence \| diversion \| divert \| dodge \| dogleg \| dome \| double \| downcurve \| drift \| drifting \| ellipse \| embow \| errantry \| excursion \| excursus \| exorbitation \| fast deal \| fastball \| feint \| festoon \| fetch \| ficelle \| flex \| fling \| flip \| forward pass \| gambit \| gimmick \| googly \| hairpin \| heave \| heel \| hocus-pocus \| hook \| hump \| hunch \| hurl \| hyperbola \| incurvate \| incurvation \| incurvature \| incurve \| indirection \| inflect \| inflection \| joker \| juggle \| knuckleball \| lateral \| lateral pass \| lituus \| lob \| loop \| obliquity \| outcurve \| parabola \| pass \| peg \| pererration \| pitch \| ploy \| pull \| put \| rambling \| recurve \| reflect \| reflex \| refract \| retroflex \| rondure \| round \| ruse \| sag \| scatter \| scheme \| screwball \| scurvy trick \| serve \| service \| sheer \| shift \| shifting \| shifting course \| shifting path \| shot-put \| shy \| sinker \| sinus \| skew \| slant \| sleight \| sleight of hand \| sleight-of-hand trick \| slider \| sling \| spiral \| spitball \| spitter \| stratagem \| straying \| subterfuge \| swag \| sweep \| swerve \| swerving \| swinging \| tack \| throw \| toss \| tracery \| trend \| trick \| turn \| turn aside \| turning \| twist \| upcurve \| variation \| vary \| vault \| veer \| wandering \| warp \| wile \| wind \| yaw \| zigzag See Also \| arc \| arch \| be \| bell \| bell shape \| bell-shaped curve \| bend \| bend \| bend \| blind bend \| blind curve \| bow \| camber \| campana \| catenary \| change surface \| circumvolute \| configuration \| conformation \| contour \| crenation \| crenature \| crenel \| crenelle \| crescent \| crook \| crotchet \| Cupid's bow \| curliness \| deform \| delivery \| elbow \| envelope \| extrados \| flex \| form \| Gaussian curve \| Gaussian shape \| gooseneck \| graph \| graphical record \| hairpin bend \| helix \| hook \| intrados \| line \| line \| line roulette \| meander \| normal curve \| peel off \| pitch \| quadric \| quadric surface \| recurve \| regression curve \| regression line \| road \| roulette \| route \| scallop \| section \| segment \| shape \| sinuosity \| sinuousness \| snake \| spiral \| spiral \| S-shape \| straightness \| turn \| turn \| turn \| twist \| undulation \| wave \| yaw Curve In Webster's Dictionary \Curve\ (k[^u]rv), a. [L. curvus bent, curved. See {Cirb}.] Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface. \Curve\, n. [See {Curve}, a., {Cirb}.] 1. A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal. 2. (Geom.) A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a straight line. {Axis of a curve}. See under {Axis}. {Curve of quickest descent}. See {Brachystochrone}. {Curve tracing} (Math.), the process of determining the shape, location, singular points, and other peculiarities of a curve from its equation. {Plane curve} (Geom.), a curve such that when a plane passes through three points of the curve, it passes through all the other points of the curve. Any other curve is called a {curve of double curvature}, or a {twisted curve}. \Curve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curved} (k?rvd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Curving}.] [L. curvare., fr. curvus. See {Curve}, a., {Curb}.] To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball in pitching it. \Curve\, v. i. To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right.

Curve Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Curve?

[n] a baseball thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approach the batter
[n] curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
[n] the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
[n] a line on a graph representing data
[n] the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
[v] form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"; "The road curved"
[v] turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
[v] bend or cause to bend
[v] form an arch
[v] extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"

Curve In Webster's Dictionary

\Curve\ (k[^u]rv), a. [L. curvus bent, curved. See
{Cirb}.]
Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a
curve surface.


\Curve\, n. [See {Curve}, a., {Cirb}.]
1. A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure;
   as, a curve in a railway or canal.

2. (Geom.) A line described according to some low, and having
   no finite portion of it a straight line.

{Axis of a curve}. See under {Axis}.

{Curve of quickest descent}. See {Brachystochrone}.

{Curve tracing} (Math.), the process of determining the
   shape, location, singular points, and other peculiarities
   of a curve from its equation.

{Plane curve} (Geom.), a curve such that when a plane passes
   through three points of the curve, it passes through all
   the other points of the curve. Any other curve is called a
   {curve of double curvature}, or a {twisted curve}.


\Curve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curved} (k?rvd); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Curving}.] [L. curvare., fr. curvus. See {Curve}, a.,
{Curb}.]
To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to
cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball
in pitching it.


\Curve\, v. i.
To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the
road curves to the right.

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