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  1. noun A line that deviates from straightness in a smooth, continuous fashion.
  2. noun A surface that deviates from planarity in a smooth, continuous fashion.
  3. noun Something characterized by such a line or surface, especially a rounded line or contour of the human body.
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  • The centrepoint of the curve is the vanishing point, and this again is where this is so much easier than the traditional method. —  Stu's Shed
  • We had been told by faculty that our grades would not be similar to those in undergrad, where acing tests and setting the curve was the norm for our kind.
  • He's got a lot of weapons to use, but I think his curve is his best pitch, the spin is pretty tight. —  Bats
  • The species-area curve is a power function that is used to calculate the number of species in a given area, which can then be applied to estimate how many species go extinct when habitat is lost. —  Mongabay.com News
  • The wreck took place in front of the cooperate office of a car collision repair shop, where some employees said the curve is a pretty dangerous stretch of road. —  News4Jax.com - Local News
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arch ·  shape ·  long ·  angle ·  surface ·  square ·  circle ·  slope ·  wave ·  open ·  metal ·  length

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curve:   curved ·  curves ·  curving
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. From Middle English, curved, from Latin curvus; see sker-2 in Indo-European roots. N., sense 6, short for curve ball.

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  1. In earlier use curb, from Middle English courbe, from Old French courbe, corbe (see curb), French courbe = Provencal corb = Spanish Portuguese Italian curvo, from Latin curvus, bent, curved, = Old Bulgarian krivŭ, bent, = Lithuanian kreivas, crooked, akin to Greek κυρτός, bent, and prob. to κρίκος, κίρκος, Latin circus, a ring, circle: see circle.
  2. In earlier use curb (now with deflected senses: see curb, v.), from Old French curber, corber, courber, French courber = Provencal corbar = Old Spanish corvar (Spanish encorvar) = Portuguese curvar = Italian curvare, corvare, from Latin curvare, bend, curve, from curvus, bent, curved: see curve, adjective
 

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