Curve (Noun)
Meaning 1
A pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter.
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 2
The property possessed by the curving of a line or surface.
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 3
The trace of a point whose direction of motion changes.
Classification
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes.
Examples
- The roller coaster track was a complex curve as it wound its way through the hills.
- As the car rounded the curve, the driver slowed down to avoid hitting the guardrail.
- The architect designed the entrance of the building as a sweeping curve to create a sense of grandeur.
- The trajectory of the ball was a parabolic curve as it soared through the air after being kicked.
- The highway engineers carefully planned the curve of the ramp to ensure safe merging traffic.
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- Twist
- Quadric Surface
- Gaussian Curve
- Crenation
- Crenature
- Crenelle
- Arc
- Undulation
- Bell-shaped Curve
- Crenel
- Bell Shape
- Line Roulette
- Gaussian Shape
- Spiral
- Crotchet
- Sinuousness
- Turn
- Crook
- Campana
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Meaning 4
A line on a graph representing data.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 5
Curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.).
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.