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Pronunciation : Curve (krv)
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. curvus bent, curved. See Cirb.]
Definition : Defn: Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Curve
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Curve, a., Cirb.]
Definition : 1. A bending without angles; that wcich is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal.

2. (Geom.)

Defn: A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a straight line. 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 perculiarities 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Curve
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. curvare., fr. curvus. See Curve, a., Curb.]
Definition : Defn: To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball in pitching it.

t. [imp. & p.p. Curved (krvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Curving.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Curve
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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