Definition of curve

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

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Slicker :: Slicker (n.) A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mold after the withdrawal of the pattern.
Worm :: Worm (n.) The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to economize space. See Illust. of Still..
Cissoid :: Cissoid (n.) A curve invented by Diocles, for the purpose of solving two celebrated problems of the higher geometry; viz., to trisect a plane angle, and to construct two geometrical means between two given straight lines..
Hemautography :: Hemautography (n.) The obtaining of a curve similar to a pulse curve or sphygmogram by allowing the blood from a divided artery to strike against a piece of paper.
Curvet :: Curvet (n.) A prank; a frolic.
Hook :: Hook (n.) A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for catching fish; a hook for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc..
Evolvent :: Evolvent (n.) The involute of a curve. See Involute, and Evolute..
Osculation :: Osculation (n.) The contact of one curve with another, when the number of consecutive points of the latter through which the former passes suffices for the complete determination of the former curve..
Curviserial :: Curviserial (a.) Distributed in a curved line, as leaves along a stem..
Recurvous :: Recurvous (a.) Recurved.
Falculate :: Falculate (a.) Curved and sharppointed, like a falcula, or claw of a falcon..
Vault :: Vault (n.) The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet.
Mouldboard :: Mouldboard (n.) A curved plate of iron (originally of wood) back of the share of a plow, which turns over the earth in plowing..
Branch :: Branch (n.) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the branches of an hyperbola..
Geodesic :: Geodesic (n.) A geodetic line or curve.
Subnotation :: Subnormal (n.) That part of the axis of a curved line which is intercepted between the ordinate and the normal.
Hogged :: Hogged (a.) Broken or strained so as to have an upward curve between the ends. See Hog, v. i..
Aplustre :: Aplustre (n.) An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather..
Scorpioidal :: Scorpioidal (a.) Having the inflorescence curved or circinate at the end, like a scorpion's tail..
Nebuly :: Nebuly (n.) A line or a direction composed of successive short curves or waves supposed to resembe a cloud. See NEbul.
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