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curve

See also: curvé

English

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Etymology

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Attested since the 1690s, from Latin curvus (“bent, curved”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, curve, turn”) + *-wós. Doublet of curb, shrink, carcer, and cancer.

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curve

  1. (obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved.
    a curve line
    a curve surface

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Noun

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curve (plural curves)

  1. A gentle bend, such as in a road.
    You should slow down when approaching a curve.
  2. A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
    She scribbled a curve on the paper.
  3. 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.
    The teacher was nice and graded the test on a curve.
  4. (analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
  5. (geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
  6. (algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
  7. (topology) A one-dimensional continuum.
  8. (informal, usually in the plural) The attractive shape of a woman's body.

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terms derived from curve (noun)

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informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body

Verb

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curve (third-person singular simple present curves, present participle curving, simple past and past participle curved)

  1. (transitive) To bend; to crook.
    to curve a line
    to curve a pipe
  2. (transitive) To cause to swerve from a straight course.
    to curve a ball in pitching it
  3. (intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
    the road curves to the right
  4. (transitive) To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).
    The teacher will curve the test.
  5. (transitive) (slang) To reject, to turn down romantic advances.
    I was once curved three times by the same woman.

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Chinese

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Etymology

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From English curve (“grading system”).

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  • (Alternative pronunciation): IPA(key): /kʰœːf⁵⁵/

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    curve (Hong Kong Cantonese)

    1. curve (grading system) (Classifier: 條／条 c)
    2. (by extension) standards (something used as a measure for comparison) (Classifier: 條／条 c)

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    Dutch

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin curvus (“bent, curved”).

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    • IPA(key): /ˈkʏr.və/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Hyphenation: cur‧ve

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    curve f (plural curven or curves, diminutive curvetje n)

    1. curve: curved line
      Synonym: kromme

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    Galician

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    curve

    1. inflection of curvar:
      1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative

    Italian

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    curve

    1. feminine plural of curvo

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    curve f

    1. plural of curva

    Latin

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    curve

    1. vocative masculine singular of curvus

    Portuguese

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    curve

    1. inflection of curvar:
      1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative

    Romanian

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    curve f

    1. plural of curvă

    Spanish

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈkuɾbe/ [ˈkuɾ.β̞e]
    • Rhymes: -uɾbe
    • Syllabification: cur‧ve

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    curve

    1. inflection of curvar:
      1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative
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