curve
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /kɜːv/, SAMPA: /k3:v/
- (GenAM) IPA: /kɝv/, SAMPA: /k3`v/
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- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)v
[edit] Etymology
From Latin curvus (“‘bent, curved’”)
[edit] Adjective
curve
- (obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved.
- a curve line
- a curve surface
[edit] Translations
[edit] Noun
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curve (plural curves)
- A gentle bend, such as in a road.
- A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
- (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.
[edit] Derived terms
terms derived from curve (noun)
[edit] Translations
gentle bend
geometry: one-dimensional figure
algebraic curve — see algebraic curve
informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman
informal: attractive shape of a woman's body
[edit] Verb
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to 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] Lojban
[edit] Etymology
In Lojbanized spelling.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /'ʃurve/
[edit] Gismu
curve (rafsi cuv)
- pure; x1 is pure/unadulterated/unmitigated/simple in property x2 (ka).
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[edit] Romanian
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈkur.ve]
[edit] Noun
curve f. pl.
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Verb
curve (infinitive: curvar)
- first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of curvar.
- formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of curvar.
- third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of curvar.
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