Definitions from Wiktionary (curve)
▸ adjective: (obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved.
▸ noun: A gentle bend, such as in a road.
▸ noun: A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
▸ noun: 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.
▸ noun: (analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
▸ noun: (geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
▸ noun: (algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
▸ noun: (topology) A one-dimensional continuum.
▸ noun: (informal, usually in the plural) The attractive shape of a woman's body.
▸ verb: (transitive) To bend; to crook.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cause to swerve from a straight course.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
▸ verb: (transitive) To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).
▸ verb: (transitive) (slang) To reject, to turn down romantic advances.
▸ Also see curve
demand curves,
indifference curves,
characteristic curves,
learning curves,
survival curves,
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▸ adjective: (obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved.
▸ noun: A gentle bend, such as in a road.
▸ noun: A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
▸ noun: 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.
▸ noun: (analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
▸ noun: (geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
▸ noun: (algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
▸ noun: (topology) A one-dimensional continuum.
▸ noun: (informal, usually in the plural) The attractive shape of a woman's body.
▸ verb: (transitive) To bend; to crook.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cause to swerve from a straight course.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
▸ verb: (transitive) To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).
▸ verb: (transitive) (slang) To reject, to turn down romantic advances.
▸ Also see curve
Opposite:
Phrases:
Adjectives:
characteristic,
typical,
theoretical,
solid,
experimental,
individual,
smooth,
potential,
similar,
sharp,
marginal
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▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)
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