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Definitions for Curve

[1] a continuously bending line, without angles.
[2] the act or extent of curving.
[3] any curved outline, form, thing, or part.
[4] a curved section of a road, path, hallway, etc.
[5] Railroads . a 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) .
[6] Also called curve ball, curveball . Baseball . a pitch delivered with a spin that causes the ball to veer from a normal straight path, away from the side from which it was thrown. the course of such a pitched ball.
[7] a graphic representation of the variations effected in something by the influence of changing conditions; graph.
[8] Mathematics . a collection of points whose coordinates are continuous functions of a single independent variable.
[9] a misleading or deceptive trick; cheat; deception.
[10] Education . a grading system based on the scale of performance of a group, so that those performing better, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject, receive high grades: The new English professor marks on a curve. Compare absolute(def 10) .
[11] a curved guide used in drafting.
[12] to bend in a curve; cause to take the course of a curve.
[13] to grade on a curve.
[14] Baseball . to pitch a curve to.
[15] to bend in a curve; take the course of a curve.
[16] having the shape of a curve; curved.
[17] ahead of /behind the curve , at the forefront of (or lagging behind) recent developments, trends, etc.
[18] throw (someone) a curve , to take (someone) by surprise, especially in a negative way. to mislead or deceive.
[19] a continuously bending line that has no straight parts
[20] something that curves or is curved, such as a bend in a road or the contour of a woman's body
[21] the act or extent of curving; curvature
[22] maths a system of points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation; a locus of points the graph of a function with one independent variable
[23] a line representing data, esp statistical data, on a graph an unemployment curve
[24] ahead of the curve ahead of the times; ahead of schedule
[25] behind the curve behind the times; behind schedule
[26] short for French curve
[27] to take or cause to take the shape or path of a curve; bend

Words related to Curve

trajectory, arc, arch, contour, loop, swerve, veer, bulge, buckle, spiral, crumple, twist, bend, coil, curl, skew, sweep, hairpin, crook, whorl

Words nearby Curve

curvature aberration, curvature hyperopia, curvature myopia, curvature of field, curvature of space, curve, curve ball, curve fitting, curve of occlusion, curvet, curvette

Origin of Curve

1565–75; (< Middle French ) < Latin curvus crooked, bent, curved

Other words from Curve

curv·ed·ly [kur -vid-lee] /ˈkɜr vɪd li/ , adverb
curv·ed·ness , noun
curve·less , adjective
un·curved , adjective
un·curv·ing , adjective
un·der·curve , noun
un·der·curve , verb (used without object), un·der·curved, un·der·curv·ing.
well-curved , adjective
Related adjective: sinuous

Word origin for Curve

C15: from Latin curvāre to bend, from curvus crooked

Synonyms for Curve

arc, arch, contour, loop, trajectory, ambit, bend, bight, bow, camber, catenary, chord, circle, circuit, circumference, compass, concavity, crook, curlicue, curvature, ellipse, festoon, flexure, hairpin, half-moon, helix, horseshoe, hyperbola, incurvation, incurvature, meniscus, ogee, parabola, quirk, round, sinuosity, sweep, swerve, turn, vault, whorl, curvation, rondure