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• curve — vb Curve, bend, twist are comparable when they mean to swerve or cause to swerve or deviate from a straight line or a normal direction or course. Curve is the word of widest application, and it may describe any deviation or swerving from the… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• curve — [kʉrv] adj. [L curvus, bent: see CROWN] Archaic curved n. 1. a line having no straight part; bend having no angular part 2. a thing or part having the shape of a curve 3. the act of curving, or the extent of this 4. [pl.] the pronounced curving… …   English World dictionary

• curve — ► NOUN 1) a line or outline which gradually deviates from being straight for some or all of its length. 2) a line on a graph showing how one quantity varies with respect to another. ► VERB ▪ form or cause to form a curve. ORIGIN from Latin curvus …   English terms dictionary

• Form diameter — is the diameter of a circle at which the trochoid (fillet curve) produced by the tooling intersects, or joins, the involute or specified profile. Although these terms are not preferred, it is also known as the true involute form diameter (TIF),… …   Wikipedia

• Curve sketching — In geometry, curve sketching (or curve tracing) includes techniques that can used to produce a rough idea of overall shape of a plane curve given its equation without computing the large numbers of points required for a detailed plot. It is an… …   Wikipedia

• curve — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 line or surface that bends ADJECTIVE ▪ gentle, graceful, slight, smooth, soft ▪ sharp, tight ▪ sweepi …   Collocations dictionary

• Curve orientation — In mathematics, a positively oriented curve is a planar simple closed curve (that is, a curve in the plane whose starting point is also the end point and which has no other self intersections) such that when traveling on it one always has the… …   Wikipedia

• curve — I UK [kɜː(r)v] / US [kɜrv] noun [countable] Word forms curve : singular curve plural curves ** 1) a shape or line with a gradual smooth bend From high above I saw the gentle curve of the bay. a) a bend in a road or river As he rounded the curve… …   English dictionary

• curve — curve1 [ kɜrv ] noun count ** 1. ) a shape or line with a gradual smooth bend: From high above I saw the gentle curve of the bay. a ) a bend in a road or river: As he rounded the curve he saw her standing by the gate. b ) used about a woman s… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Curve — For other uses, see Curve (disambiguation). A parabola, a simple example of a curve In mathematics, a curve (also called a curved line in older texts) is, generally speaking, an object similar to a line but which is not required to be straight.… …   Wikipedia

• curve — curvedly /kerr vid lee/, adv. curvedness, n. curveless, adj. /kerrv/, n., v., curved, curving, adj. n. 1. a continuously bending line, without angles. 2. the act or extent of curving. 3. any curved outline, form, thing, or part. 4. a curved… …   Universalium