curve
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin curvus (“bent, curved”)
[edit] Adjective
curve
- (obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved.
- a curve line
- a curve surface
[edit] Translations
crooked — see crooked
[edit] Noun
Wikipedia curve (plural curves)
- A gentle bend, such as in a road.
- You should slow down when approaching a curve.
- A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
- She scribbled a curve on the paper.
- (analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
- (geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
- (algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
- (topology) A one-dimensional continuum.
- (informal, usually in plural curves) The attractive shape of a woman's body.
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terms derived from curve (noun)
[edit] Translations
gentle bend
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geometry: one-dimensional figure
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algebraic curve — see algebraic curve
informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman
informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
[edit] Verb
curve (third-person singular simple present curves, present participle curving, simple past and past participle curved)
- (transitive) To bend; to crook.
- to curve a line
- to curve a pipe
- (transitive) To cause to swerve from a straight course.
- to curve a ball in pitching it
- (intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
- the road curves to the right
[edit] Translations
bend, crook
cause to swerve from a straight course
bend or turn gradually from a given direction
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- Indonesian: kurva
[edit] Italian
[edit] Noun
curve f.
- Plural form of curva.
[edit] Adjective
curve
- feminine plural of curvo
[edit] Latin
[edit] Adjective
curve
- vocative masculine singular of curvus
[edit] Lojban
[edit] Etymology
In Lojbanized spelling.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈʃurve/
[edit] Gismu
- pure; x1 is pure/unadulterated/unmitigated/simple in property x2 (ka).
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[edit] Portuguese
[edit] Verb
curve
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of verb curvar.
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of verb curvar.
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of verb curvar.
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of verb curvar.
[edit] Romanian
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈkur.ve]
[edit] Noun
curve f. pl.
- Plural form of curvă.
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Verb
curve (infinitive curvar)
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