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Definition of curve
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of curve is as below...
Curve (a.) Bent
without
angles;
crooked;
curved;
as, a curve line; a curve
surface..
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Recurvation
::
Recurvation
(n.) The act of
recurving,
or the state of being
recurved;
a
bending
or
flexure
backward..
Acanthocephala
::
Acanthocephala
(n. pl.) A group of
intestinal
worms,
having
the
proboscis
armed with
recurved
spines..
Evolvent
::
Evolvent
(n.) The
involute
of a
curve.
See
Involute,
and
Evolute..
Asymptote
::
Asymptote
(n.) A line which
approaches
nearer
to some curve than
assignable
distance,
but,
though
infinitely
extended,
would never meet it.
Asymptotes
may be
straight
lines or
curves.
A
rectilinear
asymptote
may be
conceived
as a
tangent
to the curve at an
infinite
distance..
Ellipse
::
Ellipse
(n.) An oval or
oblong
figure,
bounded
by a
regular
curve,
which
corresponds
to an
oblique
projection
of a
circle,
or an
oblique
section
of a cone
through
its
opposite
sides.
The
greatest
diameter
of the
ellipse
is the major axis, and the least
diameter
is the minor axis. See Conic
section,
under
Conic,
and cf.
Focus..
Shears
::
Shears
(n.) A
similar
instrument
the
blades
of which are
extensions
of a
curved
spring,
-- used for
shearing
sheep or
skins..
Recurvate
::
Recurvate
(v. t.) To bend or curve back; to
recurve.
Ordinate
::
Ordinate
(n.) The
distance
of any point in a curve or a
straight
line,
measured
on a line
called
the axis of
ordinates
or on a line
parallel
to it, from
another
line
called
the axis of
abscissas,
on which the
corresponding
abscissa
of the point is
measured..
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..
Anamorphosis
::
Anamorphosis
(n.) A
distorted
or
monstrous
projection
or
representation
of an image on a plane or
curved
surface,
which,
when
viewed
from a
certain
point,
or as
reflected
from a
curved
mirror
or
through
a
polyhedron,
appears
regular
and in
proportion;
a
deformation
of an
image..
Hornbug
::
Hornbug
(n.) A large
nocturnal
beetle
of the genus
Lucanus
(as L.
capreolus,
and L.
dama),
having
long,
curved
upper jaws,
resembling
a
sickle.
The grubs are found in the
trunks
of old
trees..
Diameter
::
Diameter
(n.) Any right line
passing
through
the
center
of a
figure
or body, as a
circle,
conic
section,
sphere,
cube, etc., and
terminated
by the
opposite
boundaries;
a
straight
line which
bisects
a
system
of
parallel
chords
drawn in a
curve..
Courb
::
Courb (a.)
Curved;
rounded.
Lens
::
Lens (n.) A piece of
glass,
or other
transparent
substance,
ground
with two
opposite
regular
surfaces,
either
both
curved,
or one
curved
and the other
plane,
and
commonly
used,
either
singly
or
combined,
in
optical
instruments,
for
changing
the
direction
of rays of
light,
and thus
magnifying
objects,
or
otherwise
modifying
vision.
In
practice,
the
curved
surfaces
are
usually
spherical,
though
rarely
cylindrical,
or of some other
figure..
Spokesmen
::
Spokeshave
(n.) A kind of
drawing
knife or
planing
tool for
dressing
the
spokes
of
wheels,
the
shells
of
blocks,
and other
curved
work..
Mixtilinear
::
Mixtilinear
(a.)
Containing,
or
consisting
of, lines of
different
kinds,
as
straight,
curved,
and the like; as, a
mixtilinear
angle,
that is, an angle
contained
by a
straight
line and a
curve..
Falchion
::
Falchion
(n.) A
broad-bladed
sword,
slightly
curved,
shorter
and
lighter
than the
ordinary
sword;
-- used in the
Middle
Ages..
Epitrochoid
::
Epitrochoid
(n.) A kind of
curve.
See
Epicycloid,
any
Trochoid..
Glaive
::
Glaive
(n.) A
weapon
formerly
used,
consisting
of a large blade fixed on the end of a pole, whose edge was on the
outside
curve;
also, a light lance with a long
sharp-pointed
head..
Roach-backed
::
Roach-backed
(a.)
Having
a back like that of
roach;
-- said of a horse whose back a
convex
instead
of a
concave
curve.
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