CURVE

Curve

In mathematics, a curve is, generally speaking, an object similar to a line but which is not required to be straight. This entails that a line is a special case of curve, namely a curve with null curvature.

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curve

Noun

  1. A gentle bend, such as in a road.
    You should slow down when approaching a curve.
  2. A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
    She scribbled a curve on the paper.
  3. A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.
    The teacher was nice and graded the test on a curve
  4. A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
  5. A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
  6. An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
  7. A one-dimensional continuum.
  8. The attractive shape of a woman's body.

Verb

  1. To bend; to crook.
    to curve a line
    to curve a pipe
  2. To cause to swerve from a straight course.
    to curve a ball in pitching it
  3. To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
    the road curves to the right
  4. To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).
    The teacher will curve the test.

Adjective

  1. Bent without angles; crooked; curved.
    a curve line
    a curve surface


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