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Quadrable :: Quadrable (a.) That may be sqyared, or reduced to an equivalent square; -- said of a surface when the area limited by a curve can be exactly found, and expressed in a finite number of algebraic terms..

Boul :: Boul (n.) A curved handle.

Pearlstone :: Pearlstone (n.) A glassy volcanic rock of a grayish color and pearly luster, often having a spherulitic concretionary structure due to the curved cracks produced by contraction in cooling. See Illust. under Perlitic..

Nodding :: Nodding (a.) Curved so that the apex hangs down; having the top bent downward.

Crunode :: Crunode (n.) A point where one branch of a curve crosses another branch. See Double point, under Double, a..

Recurvate :: Recurvate (v. t.) To bend or curve back; to recurve.

Siniate :: Siniate (a.) Having the margin alternately curved inward and outward; having rounded lobes separated by rounded sinuses; sinuous; wavy.

Generation :: Generation (n.) Origination by some process, mathematical, chemical, or vital; production; formation; as, the generation of sounds, of gases, of curves, etc..

Quadrature :: Quadrature (a.) The act of squaring; the finding of a square having the same area as some given curvilinear figure; as, the quadrature of a circle; the operation of finding an expression for the area of a figure bounded wholly or in part by a curved line, as by a curve, two ordinates, and the axis of abscissas..

Sinusoid :: Sinusoid (n.) The curve whose ordinates are proportional to the sines of the abscissas, the equation of the curve being y = a sin x. It is also called the curve of sines..

Loxodremism :: Loxodremism (n.) The act or process of tracing a loxodromic curve; the act of moving as if in a loxodromic curve.

Hook-billed :: Hook-billed (a.) Having a strongly curved bill.

Pleurothotonus :: Pleurothotonus (n.) A species of tetanus, in which the body is curved laterally..

Titubate :: Titubate (v. i.) To rock or roll, as a curved body on a plane..

Scribe :: Scribe (v. t.) To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like; -- so called because the workman marks, or scribe, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts..

Thar :: Thar (n.) A goatlike animal (Capra Jemlaica) native of the Himalayas. It has small, flattened horns, curved directly backward. The hair of the neck, shoulders, and chest of the male is very long, reaching to the knees. Called also serow, and imo..

Vibration :: Vibration (n.) A limited reciprocating motion of a particle of an elastic body or medium in alternately opposite directions from its position of equilibrium, when that equilibrium has been disturbed, as when a stretched cord or other body produces musical notes, or particles of air transmit sounds to the ear. The path of the particle may be in a straight line, in a circular arc, or in any curve whatever..

Cramp :: Cramp (n.) A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape..

Bend :: Bend (n.) A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road..

Sigmoidal :: Sigmoidal (a.) Curved in two directions, like the letter S, or the Greek /..

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