curve

IPA: kˈɝv

A gentle bend, such as in a road.
A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.
(analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
(geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
(algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
(topology) A one-dimensional continuum.
(informal, usually in the plural) The attractive shape of a woman's body.

Examples of "curve" in Sentences

It is curved and indistinct.
The shape of the curves are identical.
Moreover, the shape of the curve varies.
The grey lines are the model of the Gaussian curve.
Apply a label curve style to your conduit preferences.
The continuance of the curve is a narrow, unrailed bridge.
And then for others the curve is anything but bell-shaped.
At the deepest point of the cutting the line curves sharply.
It starts with a flat line, which curves into an undulation.
I can't see the three curved blue lines or the sallow leaves.
Intuitively it is the union of the tangent lines to the space curve.
The tension in the fabric may also distort the rectilinear lines into curves.
The slope of a line tangent to the curve at the point is the marginal function.
Actually the curve is an exponential so every point over 100 counts more and more.
He has urged what he calls curve shifting, an overhaul of human behavior toward healthier living.
If you delay, then the stimulus might not start to work until the curve is already headed back up.
And in the middle of the curve is a nook about five-and-a-half feet tall, a bit more than two feet wide and a foot deep.
The menu is under Format / Style Manager. go into Documentation Objects / Property Set Definitions / Check if you have a type you need otherwise create your own. then attach a label curve to your drawing from the pallette and select the property set you want to attach.