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English Dictionary: curve	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for curve
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
curve n the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes Synonym(s): curve, curved shape Antonym(s): straight line a line on a graph representing data a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter Synonym(s): curve, curve ball, breaking ball, bender the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface Synonym(s): curvature, curve curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.) Synonym(s): bend, curve v turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" Synonym(s): swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest" Synonym(s): wind, twist, curve form an arch or curve; "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely" Synonym(s): arch, curve, arc bend or cause to bend; "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply" Synonym(s): crook, curve form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling" Synonym(s): curl, curve, kink
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adiabatic \Ad`iabat"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] not passable; 'a priv. + [?] through + [?] to go.] (Physics) Not giving out or receiving heat. -- {Ad`iabat`ically}, adv. {Adiabatic line} or {curve}, a curve exhibiting the variations of pressure and volume of a fluid when it expands without either receiving or giving out heat. --Rankine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Geodetic \Ge`odet"ic\, Geodetical \Ge`odet"ical\, a. Of or pertaining to geodesy; obtained or determined by the operations of geodesy; engaged in geodesy; geodesic; as, geodetic surveying; geodetic observers. {Geodetic line} [or] {curve}, the shortest line that can be drawn between two points on the elipsoidal surface of the earth; a curve* drawn on any given surface so that the osculating plane of the curve at every point shall contain the normal to the surface; the minimum line that can be drawn on any surface between any two points.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Curve \Curve\, n. [See {Curve}, a., {Cirb}.] 1. A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal. 2. (Geom.) A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a straight line. {Axis of a curve}. See under {Axis}. {Curve of quickest descent}. See {Brachystochrone}. {Curve tracing} (Math.), the process of determining the shape, location, singular points, and other peculiarities of a curve from its equation. {Plane curve} (Geom.), a curve such that when a plane passes through three points of the curve, it passes through all the other points of the curve. Any other curve is called a {curve of double curvature}, or a {twisted curve}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Curve \Curve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curved} (k?rvd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Curving}.] [L. curvare., fr. curvus. See {Curve}, a., {Curb}.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Curve \Curve\, v. i. To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Curve \Curve\ (k[ucir]rv), a. [L. curvus bent, curved. See {Cirb}.] Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.