Curve
English
Noun
Curve (plural Curves)- A gentle bend, such as in a road.
- A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
- (analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
- (geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
- (algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
- (topology) A one-dimensional continuum.
Verb
Curve (third-person singular simple present curves, present participle curving, simple past and past participle curved)
- (transitive) To bend; to crook.
- (transitive) To cause to swerve from a straight course.
- (intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
Adjective
curve
- (obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved.
Adjectives for Curve
- (tend as of a highway) gradually-descending; magnificent; unprotected; precipitous; graceful; sinuous; hairpin; wide-swung; continuous.
Verbs for Curve
- (general) approach—; assume—; bank—; collide on—; crowd at—; dart around—; eliminate—; negotiate—; round—; screech around—; turn over on—; upset on—; warn of—; whiz round—; —confronts; —endangers; —hazards; —menaces; —obscures; —represents; —slants.
- (line of deviation on a graph) construct—; describe—; generate—; interest in—; intersect—; obtain—; study—; trace—; transform—; —corresponds to; —degenerates; —envelops; —falls; —indicates; —recedes; —represents; —sinks.
Adjectives for Curve
- (general) seductive; sensuous; luscious; ardent; entrancing; magnificent; graceful; exquisite; winsome; dizzy; dazzling; sweeping; bold; wide; scraped; scornful; disdainful; fleshy; opulent; slim; dignified; sensitive; closecoiled; easy; concave; sheltering; irregular; flat; hairpin; downward; lax; convex; subtle; symmetrical; gigantic; sheltered; painted; wavering; drooping; phosphate; additional; cuspidated; majestic; continuous; caustic; lineless; living; epicycloidal precipitous; prudish; luxurious; aquiline flowing; gracile; ceaseless; rich; tender sweeping; alluring; yielding; self-sought exquisite; glimmering;
- (line of deviation on a graph) double; reverse; reciprocal; transcendental; mechanical; radical; radial; peculiar.
Adverbs for Curve
perceptibly; seductively; sensuously; entrancingly; magnificently; exquisitely; winsomely; sweepingly; boldly; abruptly; dangerously; sinuously.
Thesaurus
hunch, hurl, hyperbola, incurvate, incurvation, incurvature, incurve, indirection, inflect, inflection, joker, juggle, knuckleball, lateral, lateral pass, lituus, lob, loop, obliquity, outcurve, parabola, pass, peg, pererration, pitch, ploy, pull, put, rambling, recurve, reflect, reflex, refract, retroflex, rondure, round, ruse, sag, scatter, scheme, screwball, scurvy trick, serve, service, sheer, shift, shifting, shifting course, shifting path, shot-put, shy, sinker, sinus, skew, slant, sleight, sleight of hand, sleight-of-hand trick, slider, sling, spiral, spitball, spitter, stratagem, straying, subterfuge, swag, sweep, swerve, swerving, swinging, tack, throw, toss, tracery, trend, trick, turn, turn aside, turning, twist, upcurve, variation, vary, vault, veer, wandering, warp, wile, wind, yaw, zigzag, aberrancy, aberration, arc, arch, artful dodge, artifice, bag of tricks, bear off, bend, bend back, bias, blind, bluff, bosey, bow, bowl, branch off, branching off, cast, catacaustic, catch, catenary, caustic, change of pace, change the bearing, change-up, chicanery, chouse, chuck, chunk, circle, circuit, circuitousness, circumference, coil, compass, conchoid, corner, crook, curl, curvation, curvature, curve-ball, declination, decurve, deflect, depart from, departure, design, detour, deviance, deviancy, deviate, deviation, device, deviousness, diacaustic, diffract, diffuse, digress, digression, dirty deal, dirty trick, discursion, disperse, distort, divagate, divagation, divaricate, divarication, diverge, divergence, diversion, divert, dodge, dogleg, dome, double, downcurve, drift, drifting, ellipse, embow, errantry, excursion, excursus, exorbitation, fast deal, fastball, feint, festoon, fetch, ficelle, flex, fling, flip, forward pass, gambit, gimmick, googly, hairpin, heave, heel, hocus-pocus, hook, hump,
Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /kɜːv/, SAMPA: /k3:v/
- (GenAM) IPA: /kɝv/, SAMPA: /k3`v/
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Audio (US) noicon (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)v
Etymology
From Latin curvus (“bent, curved”)
Derived terms
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Verb
Italian
Noun
curve f.
- Plural form of curva.
Adjective
curve
- feminine plural of curvo
Latin
Adjective
curve
- vocative masculine singular of curvus
Lojban
Etymology
In Lojbanized spelling.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈʃurve/
Gismu
Curve (rafsi cuv)
- pure; x1 is pure/unadulterated/unmitigated/simple in property x2 (ka).
Related terms
Portuguese
Verb
Curve
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈkur.ve]
Noun
curve f. pl.
- Plural form of curvă.
Spanish
Verb
Curve (infinitive curvar)
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