[kurv] 
noun, verb, curved, curv⋅ing, adjective | 1. | a continuously bending line, without angles. |
| 2. | the act or extent of curving. |
| 3. | any curved outline, form, thing, or part. |
| 4. | a curved section of a road, path, hallway, etc. |
| 5. | Railroads. a curved section of track: in the U.S. the curve is often expressed as the central angle, measured in degrees, of a curved section of track subtended by a chord 100 ft. (30 m) long (degree of curve). |
| 6. | Also called curve ball. Baseball.
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| 7. | a graphic representation of the variations effected in something by the influence of changing conditions; graph. |
| 8. | Mathematics. a collection of points whose coordinates are continuous functions of a single independent variable. |
| 9. | a misleading or deceptive trick; cheat; deception. |
| 10. | Education. a grading system based on the scale of performance of a group, so that those performing better, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject, receive high grades: The new English professor marks on a curve. Compare absolute (def. 10). |
| 11. | a curved guide used in drafting. |
| 12. | to bend in a curve; cause to take the course of a curve. |
| 13. | to grade on a curve. |
| 14. | Baseball. to pitch a curve to. |
| 15. | to bend in a curve; take the course of a curve. |
| 16. | curved. |
| 17. | ahead of (or behind) the curve, at the forefront of (or lagging behind) recent developments, trends, etc. |
| 18. | throw (someone) a curve,
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[kur-vid-lee] , adverb curve (kûrv)
n.
A line or surface that deviates from straightness in a smooth, continuous fashion.
Something characterized by such a line or surface, especially a rounded line or contour of the human body.
A curved line representing variations in data on a graph.
curve (kûrv) Pronunciation Key
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