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CURVILINEARITY

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cur⋅vi⋅lin⋅e⋅ar

  [kur-vuh-lin-ee-er]
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–adjective
1. consisting of or bounded by curved lines: a curvilinear figure.
2. forming or moving in a curved line.
3. formed or characterized by curved lines.
Also, cur⋅vi⋅lin⋅e⋅al.

Origin:
1700–10; < L curv(us) curve + -i- + linear

Related forms:
cur⋅vi⋅lin⋅e⋅ar⋅i⋅ty  [kur-vuh-lin-ee-ar-i-tee] , noun
cur⋅vi⋅lin⋅e⋅ar⋅ly, adverb
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cur·vi·lin·e·ar   (kûr'və-lĭn'ē-ər)   
adj.  Formed, bounded, or characterized by curved lines.

[Latin curvus, curved; see curve + linear.]
cur'vi·lin'e·ar'i·ty (-ē-ār'ĭ-tē) n., cur'vi·lin'e·ar·ly adv.
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