curved
Use Curved in a sentence noun
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 feet (30 meters) long (degree of curve)
6.
Also called curve ball. Baseball.
a.
a pitch delivered with a spin that causes the ball to veer from a normal straight path, away from the side from which it was thrown.
b.
the course of such a pitched ball.
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.
verb (used with object)
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.
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Curved
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
verb (used without object)
15.
to bend in a curve; take the course of a curve.
adjective
Idioms 16.
17.
ahead of/behindthe curve, at the forefront of (or lagging behind) recent developments, trends, etc.
18.
throw (someone) a curve,
a.
to take (someone) by surprise, especially in a negative way.
b.
to mislead or deceive.
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World English Dictionary
curve (kɜːv) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a continuously bending line that has no straight parts |
| 2. | something that curves or is curved, such as a bend in a road or the contour of a woman's body |
| 3. | the act or extent of curving; curvature |
| 4. | maths |
| a. a system of points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation; a locus of points | |
| b. the graph of a function with one independent variable | |
| 5. | a line representing data, esp statistical data, on a graph: an unemployment curve |
| 6. | ahead of the curve ahead of the times; ahead of schedule |
| 7. | behind the curve behind the times; behind schedule |
| 8. | short for French curve |
| —vb | |
| 9. | to take or cause to take the shape or path of a curve; bend |
| Related: sinuous | |
| [C15: from Latin curvāre to bend, from curvus crooked] | |
| curvedly | |
| —adv | |
| 'curvedness | |
| —n | |
| 'curvy | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
curve
1590s, from L. curvus "crooked, curved, bent," from curvus, from curvare "to bend," from PIE base *(s)ker- "to turn, bend" (see ring). The noun is attested from 1690s, "curved line;" with ref. to the female figure (usually pl.), from 1862; as a type of baseball pitch, from
1879. Related: Curvy (1902).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
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.
To move in or take the shape of a curve.
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Science Dictionary
curve  (kûrv) Pronunciation Key
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Example sentences
Claw hand is a condition that causes curved or bent fingers.
Upgraded baths in each room include adjustable shower heads and curved shower rods.
The savanna elephant has the more familiar thick, curved ivory shape.
In any curved spacetime, the interval will be a different function of the coordinates.
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