Curve word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "curve" word
[noun] curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
[noun] the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
[noun] a line on a graph representing data
[noun] the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
[verb] form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"; "The road curved"
[verb] turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
[verb] bend or cause to bend
[verb] form an arch
[verb] extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"
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\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}.
\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.
\Curve\, v. i. To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right.
Synonyms for curve
arc, arch, bend, bender, breaking ball, crook, curl, curvature, curve ball, curved shape, cut, kink, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veer, wind
Antonyms: straight line
See also: be | bend | blind bend | bow | campana | crenel | crenelle | elbow | extrados | hairpin bend | helix | intrados | line | meander | S-shape | segment | sinuousness | turn | twist | yaw |
Related terms: artful dodge, bend, bend back, bias, circle, declination, decurve, deviate, deviation, device, diffuse, discursion, disperse, divagation, dodge, flex, pitch, rambling, shift, slant, swinging, turning
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Let's analyse "curve" as pure text. This string has Five letters in One syllable and Two vowels. 40% of vowels is 1.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: EVRUC. Average typing speed for these characters is 1295 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
curve: 3 + 5 = 8, reduced: 8 . and the final result is Eight. |
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