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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Crooked :: Crooked (a.) Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed.
Inwardly :: Inwardly (adv.) Toward the center; inward; as, to curve inwardly..
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..
Recurve :: Recurve (v. t.) To curve in an opposite or unusual direction; to bend back or down.
Subarration :: Subarcuated (a.) Having a figure resembling that of a bow; somewhat curved or arched.
Subadvocate :: Subaduncate (a.) Somewhat hooked or curved.
Sassabye :: Sassabye (n.) A large African antelope (Alcelaphus lunata), similar to the hartbeest, but having its horns regularly curved..
Reduplicate :: Reduplicate (a.) Valvate with the margins curved outwardly; -- said of the /stivation of certain flowers.
Graille :: Graille (n.) A halfround single-cut file or fioat, having one curved face and one straight face, -- used by comb makers..
Subcutaneous :: Subcultrated (a.) Having a form resembling that of a colter, or straight on one side and curved on the other..
Pendulous :: Pendulous (a.) Inclined or hanging downwards, as a flower on a recurved stalk, or an ovule which hangs from the upper part of the ovary..
Cardioid :: Cardioid (n.) An algebraic curve, so called from its resemblance to a heart..
Inflex :: Inflex (v. t.) To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect.
Siniate :: Siniate (a.) Having the margin alternately curved inward and outward; having rounded lobes separated by rounded sinuses; sinuous; wavy.
Crest :: Crest (n.) The upper curve of a horse's neck.
Conchometry :: Conchometry (n.) The art of measuring shells or their curves; conchyliometry.
Curvilinead :: Curvilinead (n.) An instrument for drawing curved lines.
Monocrotism :: Monocrotism (n.) That condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve or sphygmogram shows but a single crest, the dicrotic elevation entirely disappearing..
Driftpiece :: Driftpiece (n.) An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail..
Crimper :: Crimper (n.) A curved board or frame over which the upper of a boot or shoe is stretched to the required shape.
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