Definition of curve

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

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Bow :: Bow (v. t.) Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow..
Inwardly :: Inwardly (adv.) Toward the center; inward; as, to curve inwardly..
Conjugate :: Conjugate (a.) Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; -- frequently used in pure and applied mathematics with reference to two quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc..
Tricrotism :: Tricrotism (n.) That condition of the arterial pulse in which there is a triple beat. The pulse curve obtained in the sphygmographic tracing characteristic of tricrotism shows two secondary crests in addition to the primary.
Kent Bugle :: Kent bugle () A curved bugle, having six finger keys or stops, by means of which the performer can play upon every key in the musical scale; -- called also keyed bugle, and key bugle..
Bow :: Bow (v. i.) To bend; to curve.
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple..
Anaclastic :: Anaclastic (a.) Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water; as, anaclastic curves..
Curviserial :: Curviserial (a.) Distributed in a curved line, as leaves along a stem..
Curvidentate :: Curvidentate (a.) Having curved teeth.
Bow :: Bow (v. t.) To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.
Liberty :: Liberty (n.) A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the tongue of the horse.
Generation :: Generation (n.) The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude; as, the generation of a line or curve by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc..
Pleurothotonus :: Pleurothotonus (n.) A species of tetanus, in which the body is curved laterally..
Yataghan :: Yataghan (n.) A long knife, or short saber, common among Mohammedan nations, usually having a double curve, sometimes nearly straight..
Osculatory :: Osculatory (a.) Pertaining to, or having the properties of, an osculatrix; capable of osculation; as, a circle may be osculatory with a curve, at a given point..
Sabre :: Sabre (n.) A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword..
Acnode :: Acnode (n.) An isolated point not upon a curve, but whose coordinates satisfy the equation of the curve so that it is considered as belonging to the curve..
Boul :: Boul (n.) A curved handle.
Coelospermous :: Coelospermous (a.) Hollow-seeded; having the ventral face of the seedlike carpels incurved at the ends, as in coriander seed..
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