GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Curve , a. [L. curvus bent, curved. See Cirb.] Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.1913 Webster
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Curve, n. [See Curve, a., Cirb.]
- A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal.1913 Webster
- (Geom.) A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a straight line.1913 Webster
Axis of a curve. See under Axis. -- Curve of quickest descent. See Brachystochrone. -- Curve tracing (Math.), the process of determining the shape, location, singular points, and other peculiarities of a curve from its equation. -- Plane curve (Geom.), a curve such that when a plane passes through three points of the curve, it passes through all the other points of the curve. Any other curve is called a curve of double curvature, or a twisted curve.
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- A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal.
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Curve, v. i. To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right.1913 Webster