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- Dictionarycurve/kəːv/
noun
- 1. a line or outline which gradually deviates from being straight for some or all of its length: "the parapet wall sweeps down in a bold curve"
verb
- 1. form or cause to form a curve: "her mouth curved in a smile"
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The meaning of CURVE is bent or formed into a curve. How to use curve in a sentence.
CURVE definition: 1. a line that bends continuously and has no straight parts: 2. the curved shape in which a ball…. Learn more.
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 curve is a smooth, gradually bending line, for example part of the edge of a circle.
A curve is an arched or bent shape, like the curve of a smiling mouth or the curve of a road that twists and turns as you drive along the coast. As a noun, a curve can be any shape that deviates from being perfectly straight.
1. a. A line that deviates from straightness in a smooth, continuous fashion. b. A surface that deviates from planarity in a smooth, continuous fashion. c. Something characterized by such a line or surface, especially a rounded line or contour of the human body. 2. A relatively smooth bend in a road or other course. 3. a.
noun. /kɜːv/ /kɜːrv/ Idioms. a line or surface that bends gradually; a smooth bend. curve of something He admired the delicate curve of her ear. The pattern was made up of straight lines and curves. curve in something (especially North American English) a curve in the road.
a 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.: Compare absolute (def. 10).
CURVE definition: 1. a line that bends round like part of a circle: 2. to move in a curve, form a curve, or make…. Learn more.
This definition of a curve has been formalized in modern mathematics as: A curve is the image of an interval to a topological space by a continuous function. In some contexts, the function that defines the curve is called a parametrization, and the curve is a parametric curve.
