curve

[Curve]

The trace of a point whose direction of motion changes

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Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.

Noun
a baseball thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approach the batter

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

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Verb
form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"

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; "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply"

Verb
form an arch or curve; "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely"

Verb
extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"


a.
Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.

a.
A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal.

a.
A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a straight line.

a.
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.

v. i.
To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right.


Curve

Curve (k?rv), a. [L. curvus bent, curved. See Cirb.] Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.

Curve

Curve, n. [See Curve, a., Cirb.] 1. A bending without angles; that wcich 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 perculiarities 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

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

Curve, v. i. To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right.

Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.

A bending without angles; that wcich is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal.

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.

To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right.

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Usage Examples

I am just at that stage of wondering where I go from here. I came into this business almost by accident, but now it has become serious. What started as a bit of fun, something to do other than be a model, has taken on a different career curve. I have been forced to ask where that curve is going to end up.

Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve.

Fitness is a curve. You can be Lance Armstrong, or you can be really out of shape at the opposite end. People enter the curve wherever they are and then they can move up the curve, by better nutrition and better exercise.

In Britain, you do your job. When you do an American TV show, there is a sense of being one with the crew, and there is a leadership element, which was a learning curve for me because it is very different culturally. In Britain, you just do it, leave and say, 'Thanks.'

I've finally learnt how to say, 'No comment'. To appear in the tabloids is a real learning curve and a steep one at that. You had better learn quick or you get burnt.

By playing games you can artificially speed up your learning curve to develop the right kind of thought processes.

I became CEO at the beginning of the hit on old economy stocks. When something like that occurs in your first six months as a CEO of a more traditional branded firm, it makes for a fast learning curve.

It's not like learning how to hit a curve ball in baseball.

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Other Usage Examples

Before, it was just about making the films - and now it's releasing them. Which is a steep learning curve.

So there was something of a learning curve with doing your own thing and people seeing you outside of the band. I mean, people have never really heard my voice before - or heard a whole record of mine before. So it was a completely new experience.

I took the process of doing as much myself as I could like a duck to water. I set up my own label and publishing, etc, and it was a fun learning curve two decades ago.

Everything in life is a lesson and I have learned from each marriage. Yes, I've made mistakes but every experience is a learning curve.

Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball.

James Cameron has always been way ahead of the curve in terms of the use of technology in his movies.

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.

I wanted to be a sportswriter because I loved sports and I could not hit the curve ball, the jump shot, or the opposing ball carrier.

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