Curve

Quick meaning: Curve is an adjective meaning A gentle bend, such as in a road.

Meaning

A gentle bend, such as in a road.

More Meanings

1. A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
2. (analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
3. (geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
4. (algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
5. (topology) A one-dimensional continuum.
6. A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.
7. (obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved.

Example Sentences

a curve line

a curve surface

She scribbled a curve on the paper.

You should slow down when approaching a curve.

Word Forms

• curves
• curving
• curved

Synonyms for curve

Depending on context, synonyms include slew, slue, swerve, bend, veer, cut.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bend, crook, bender, curvature, slue, slew.

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