Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A curve so plotted that one of its coördinates represents time, or periods of time.
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Examples
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If the pressure falls off uniformly, so that the pressure-curve is a straight line PDF sloping downwards and cutting AM in F, then the energy-curve will be a parabola curving downwards, and the velocity-curve can be represented by an ellipse, or circle with centre F and radius FA; while the time-curve will be a sinusoid.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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Individually, these records are not exact enough to be used in determining the velocity, but they may be employed collectively for the construction of the time-curve in Fig. 70.
A Study of Recent Earthquakes Charles Davison 1899
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Of the smoothed curves drawn between these series of points, those marked A, B, and C represent the time-curves of the beginnings of the first, second, and third phases respectively, while D is the time-curve for the maximum of the third phase.
A Study of Recent Earthquakes Charles Davison 1899
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Thus, as before when I purchased a Canon I'd like to dramatically reduce my learning time-curve to a minimum by attending a Leica M9 workshop.
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Thus, as before when I purchased a Canon I'd like to dramatically reduce my learning time-curve to a minimum by attending a Leica M9 workshop.
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The evidence can be seen from the history of sea level variations mapped as a time-curve derived from joining dots of observed and dated sea levels that track the natural melt-out of the last glaciation ice sheets.
GREENIE WATCH 2008
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On the assumption of uniform pressure up the bore, practically realizable in a Zalinski pneumatic dynamite gun, the pressure-curve would be the straight line HK of fig. 3 parallel to AM; the energy-curve AQE would be another straight line through A; the velocity-curve AvV, of which the ordinate v is as the square root of the energy, would be a parabola; and the acceleration of the shot being constant, the time-curve AtT will also be a similar parabola.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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The Vulcan took a deep breath, mentally reviewing the time-curve of the insanity’s progression.
Killing Time Della Van Hise 1990
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