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curve
[kurv]
noun
a continuously bending line, without angles.
the act or extent of curving.
any curved outline, form, thing, or part.
a curved section of a road, path, hallway, etc.
Railroads.Ģża curved section of track: in the U.S. the curve is often expressed as the central angle, measured in degrees, of a curved section of track subtended by a chord 100 feet (30 meters) long degree of curve.
Baseball.Ģż
the path followed by a ball pitched as a curveball.
The curve on that ball was nasty!
a graphic representation of the variations effected in something by the influence of changing conditions; graph.
Mathematics.Ģża collection of points whose coordinates are continuous functions of a single independent variable.
Education.Ģża grading system based on the scale of performance, so that those performing better relative to others in the group, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject, receive high grades.
The new English professor grades on a curve.
a curved guide used in drafting.
verb (used with object)
to bend in a curve; cause to take the course of a curve.
to grade on a curve.
verb (used without object)
to bend in a curve; take the course of a curve.
Baseball.Ģżto pitch a curveball.
After two forkballs, Stewart curved to Hernandez for a called strike.
adjective
having the shape of a curve; curved.
curve
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noun
a continuously bending line that has no straight parts
something that curves or is curved, such as a bend in a road or the contour of a woman's body
the act or extent of curving; curvature
maths
a system of points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation; a locus of points
the graph of a function with one independent variable
a line representing data, esp statistical data, on a graph
an unemployment curve
ahead of the times; ahead of schedule
behind the times; behind schedule
short for French curve
verb
to take or cause to take the shape or path of a curve; bend
curve
A line or surface that bends in a smooth, continuous way without sharp angles.
The graph of a function on a coordinate plane. In this technical sense, straight lines, circles, and waves are all curves.
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- curvedly adverb
- curvedness noun
- curveless adjective
- uncurved adjective
- uncurving adjective
- undercurve verb (used without object)
- well-curved adjective
- Ė³¦³Ü°ł±¹±š»å²Ō±š²õ²õ noun
- Ė³¦³Ü°ł±¹²ā adjective
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of curve1
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of curve1
Idioms and Phrases
throw (someone) a curve,
to take (someone) by surprise, especially in a negative way.
to mislead or deceive.
flatten the curve. flatten the curve.
ahead of / behind the curve, at the forefront of (or lagging behind) recent developments, trends, etc.
Example Sentences
The tournament hasnāt started yet and already the learning curve has proved steep.
What is clear is they have turned to a man whose career remains on an upwards curve.
He also had a good curve and a decent slider.
All the other types get double names, like butternut squash or acorn squash, but not the yellow kind with the bulbous bodies and thin curving necks.
Whereas once a number of European leaders dismissed Denmark's Social Democrats as becoming far right, now "the Danish position has become the new normal - it was the head of the curve," says Alberto Horst Neidhardt.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Ā© Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American HeritageĀ® Idioms Dictionary copyright Ā© 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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