Curve

[kɜːv] or [kɝv]

Definition

(noun.) a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter.

(noun.) a line on a graph representing data.

(noun.) the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes.

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Definition

(a.) Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.

(a.) A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal.

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

(a.) 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.

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

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Bend, flexure, CURVATURE.

n. a. Bend, crook, inflect.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Incurvation, flexion, deflexion

ANT:Rigidity, inelasticity, inflexibility, rectilinearity

SYN:Incurve, bend, inflex, falcate, arcuate

ANT:Straighten, unbend, rectilineate

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Definition

n. anything bent: a bent or curved line: an arch.—v.t. to bend: to form into a curve.—adjs. Cur′vāte -d curved or bent in a regular form.—n. Curvā′tion.—adj. Cur′vative.—n. Cur′vature a curving or bending: the continual bending or the amount of bending from a straight line.—adjs. Curved; Cur′vicaudate having a crooked tail; Curvicos′tate having curved ribs; Curvifō′liate having curved leaves; Cur′viform; Cur′ving; Curviros′tral with the bill curved downward; Cur′vital of or pertaining to curvature.—n. Cur′vity the state of being curved.

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Examples

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