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• 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 — 1. A nonangular continuous bend or line. 2. A chart or graphic representation, by means of a continuous line connecting individual observations, of the course of a physiologic activity, of the number of cases of a disease in a given period, or of …   Medical dictionary

• Polar curve (aviation) — A polar curve is a graph of the rate of sink of an aircraft, often a glider, versus its horizontal speed.Measuring a glider s performanceKnowing the best speed to fly is important in exploiting the performance of a glider. Two of the key measures …   Wikipedia

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• Elliptic curve — In mathematics, an elliptic curve is a smooth, projective algebraic curve of genus one, on which there is a specified point O . An elliptic curve is in fact an abelian variety mdash; that is, it has a multiplication defined algebraically with… …   Wikipedia

• Phillips curve — The Phillips curve is a historical inverse relation between the rate of unemployment and the rate of inflation in an economy. Stated simply, the lower the unemployment in an economy, the higher the rate of increase in wages paid to labor in that… …   Wikipedia

• Lorenz curve — The Lorenz curve is a graphical representation of the cumulative distribution function of a probability distribution; it is a graph showing the proportion of the distribution assumed by the bottom y % of the values. It is often used to represent… …   Wikipedia

• Deltoid curve — The red curve is a deltoid. In geometry, a deltoid, also known as a tricuspoid or Steiner curve, is a hypocycloid of three cusps. In other words, it is the roulette created by a point on the circumference of a circle as it rolls without slipping… …   Wikipedia