Definition of Cuve
Curve (kûrv), a. [L.
curvus bent, curved. See Cirb.] Bent without
angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve
surface.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved.
a curve line
a curve surface
- A gentle bend, such as in a road.
- (geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length and (usually) containing no straight portions and no angles.
- (informal, usually in plural curves) The attractive shape of a woman's body.
- To bend; to crook.
to curve a line
to curve a pipe
- To cause to swerve from a straight course.
to curve a ball in pitching it
- To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
the road curves to the right
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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