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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.
EXPANDRailroads. 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.
COLLAPSEa 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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Curving
is always a great word to know.
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
verb (used without object)
15.
to bend in a curve; take the course of a curve.
adjective
Idioms16.
17.
ahead of/behind the 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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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
EXPAND 1879. Related: Curvy (1902).
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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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