curve
A bend, such as in a roadA bend, such as in a road.
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» Tom took the curve too fast.
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9 sensesA bend, such as in a road.
You should slow down when approaching a curve.
Kurve
изги́бizgíb, крива́яkrivája, поворо́тpovorót
A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
She scribbled a curve on the paper.
Kurve
крива́яkrivája
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.
The teacher was nice and graded the test on a curve.
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.
(broadly, nonstandard)A grading system where all raw scores are raised by a set number of points.
(analytic)A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
Linie
крива́яkrivája
An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
A one-dimensional continuum.
(informal, usually plural)The attractive shape of a woman's body.
Kurven
изги́бizgíb
- a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter
- a line on a graph representing data
- the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
- curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
Examples
92 sentencesTom took the curve too fast.
The road curves gently towards the west.
deDie Straße macht eine leichte Biegung in westlicher Richtung. — Tamy
The road curves gently toward the lake.
The boy knows how to throw a curve.
I don't know how to throw a curve ball.
Translations
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Origin
Attested since the 1690s, from Latin curvus (“bent, curved”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-EAttested since the 1690s, from Latin curvus (“bent, curved”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, curve, turn”) + *-wós. Doublet of curb, shrink, carcer, and cancer.
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Forms
plural: curvesSynonyms
6 synonyms- a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter:curve ballbreaking ballbender
- the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes:curved shape
- curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.):bend
- the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface:curvature
Antonyms
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89 related wordsSee also
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