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"bend;Bogen;courbe;curva;curva"* * *f curve* * *curva s.f.1 curve: (mat.) curva piana, spaziale, plane, space curve; (stat.) curva a campana, bell-shaped curve; (fis.) curva di carico, load curve // (geogr.) curva di livello, contour line, ( cartografia) isohypse // (econ.): curva della domanda, demand curve; curva dell'offerta, supply curve; curva di rendimento, yield curve; curva delle probabilità, probability curve; curva degli errori, di Gauss, Gaussian curve; curva dei prezzi, outlay curve (o price line); curva degli utili, profit curve; curva delle vendite, sales curve; curva di reddito-consumo, income-consumption curve2 ( di strada, fiume) curve, bend; ( svolta) turn: una curva a S, an S (-shaped) bend; curva a forcella, hairpin bend; curva pericolosa, dangerous curve; curva stretta, sharp curve (o bend); la strada fa molte curve, the road bends several times; fare una curva, to turn; è vietato sorpassare in curva, overtaking on a bend is forbidden; i piloti di F.1 affrontano questa curva a 200 km/h, racing drivers take this bend at 200 km/ h* * *['kurva]sostantivo femminile1) curve (anche mat.)curva ascendente, discendente — rising, falling graph
2) (di strada) bend, cornercurva a destra, sinistra — right-hand, left-hand bend, bend to the right, to the left
3) (forme)4) sport = in a stadium, the places behind the goals; the fans who usually sit behind the goals•curva a gomito — aut. hairpin bend, dogleg, U-bend
curva a S — aut. double bend, S-bend
* * *curva/'kurva/sostantivo f.1 curve (anche mat.); descrivere una curva to curve; curva ascendente, discendente rising, falling graph2 (di strada) bend, corner; curva a destra, sinistra right-hand, left-hand bend, bend to the right, to the left; prendere una curva to go around a bend; sorpassare in curva to overtake on a bend; una strada piena di o tutta -e a bendy road4 sport = in a stadium, the places behind the goals; the fans who usually sit behind the goals -
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[tor'nante]hairpin bend Brit o curve Am -
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sm [tor'nante]hairpin bend Brit o curve Am
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hairpin curve — noun count AMERICAN a very sharp curve in a road, where the road forms a U shape … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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hairpin bend — also .hairpin turn AmE n a very sharp U shaped curve in a road … Dictionary of contemporary English
curve — [n] arched, rounded line or object ambit, arc, arch, bend, bight, bow, camber, catenary, chord, circle, circuit, circumference, compass, concavity, contour, crook, curlicue, curvation, curvature, ellipse, festoon, flexure, hairpin, half moon,… … New thesaurus
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hairpin — /hair pin /, n. 1. a slender U shaped piece of wire, shell, etc., used by women to fasten up the hair or hold a headdress. adj. 2. (of a road, curve in a road, etc.) sharply curved back, as in a U shape: a hairpin turn. [1770 80; HAIR + PIN] * *… … Universalium
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