curve

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Verb 1.5.1 Translations 2 Italian 2.1 Noun 2.2 Adjective 3 Lojban 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Gismu 3.3.1 Related terms 4 Romanian 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 5 Spanish 5.1 Verb

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[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /kɜːv/, SAMPA: /k3:v/
• (GenAM) IPA: /kɝv/, SAMPA: /k3`v/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)v

[edit] Etymology

From Latin curvus (“‘bent, curved’”)

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curve

1. (obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved.

   a curve line

   a curve surface

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See crooked and curved

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curve (plural curves)

1. A gentle bend, such as in a road.
2. A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
3. (analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
4. (geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
5. (algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
6. (topology) A one-dimensional continuum.
7. (informal, usually in plural curves) The attractive shape of a woman's body.

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to curve (third-person singular simple present curves, present participle curving, simple past and past participle curved)

1. (transitive) To bend; to crook.

   to curve a line

   to curve a pipe

2. (transitive) To cause to swerve from a straight course.

   to curve a ball in pitching it

3. (intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.

   the road curves to the right

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• Indonesian: kurva

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curve f.

1. Plural form of curva.

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curve

1. feminine plural of curvo

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In Lojbanized spelling.

• Chinese: cuen — 純 (纯) [chún]
• English: piur — pure
• Hindi: cudva — शुद्ध [śuddha]
• Spanish: pur — puro

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• IPA: /'ʃurve/

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curve (rafsi cuv)

1. pure; x1 is pure/unadulterated/unmitigated/simple in property x2 (ka).

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• prane
• jinsa
• manfo
• sampu
• sepli
• traji
• lumci
• xukmi

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈkur.ve]

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curve f. pl.

1. Plural form of curvă. whores

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curve (infinitive: curvar)

1. first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of curvar.
2. formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of curvar.
3. third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of curvar.