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Curve - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Curve : (noun)
1: the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes [syn:
curved shape] [ant: straight line]
2: a line on a graph representing data
3: a baseball thrown with spin so that its path curves as it
approach the batter [syn: curve ball, breaking ball, bender]
4: the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
[syn: curvature]
5: curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
[syn: bend]
(verb)
1: turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the
left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the
right" [syn: swerve, sheer, trend, veer, slue,
slew, cut]
2: extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"
[syn: wind]
3: form an arch or curve; "her back arches"; "her hips curve
nicely" [syn: arch, arc]
4: bend or cause to bend; "He crooked his index finger"; "the
road curved sharply" [syn: crook]
5: form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at
the ceiling" [syn: curl, kink]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Adiabatic \Ad`i*a*bat"ic\, a. [Gr. ? not passable; 'a priv. _ ?
through _ ? to go.] (Physics)
Not giving out or receiving heat. -- Ad`i*a*bat`ic*al*ly,
adv.
Adiabatic line or curve, aCurve : exhibiting the
variations of pressure and volume of a fluid when it
expands without either receiving or giving out heat.
--Rankine.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Geodetic \Ge`o*det"ic\, Geodetical \Ge`o*det"ic*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to geodesy; obtained or determined by the
operations of geodesy; engaged in geodesy; geodesic; as,
geodetic surveying; geodetic observers.
Geodetic line or curve, the shortest line that can be
drawn between two points on the elipsoidal surface of the
earth; aCurve : drawn on any given surface so that the
osculating plane of the curve at every point shall contain
the normal to the surface; the minimum line that can be
drawn on any surface between any two points.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Curve : \Curve\ (k[^u]rv), a. [L. curvus bent, curved. See
Cirb.]
Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a
curve surface.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Curve : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Curve : \Curve\, v. i.
To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the
road curves to the right.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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