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(krv), a.[L. curvus bent, curved. See Cirb.] Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface. Curve n.[See Curve, a., Cirb.] 1. A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal. 2. (Geom.) 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 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. Curve v. t.[imp. & p. p.Curved (k?rvd); p. pr. & vb. n.Curving.] [L. curvare., fr. curvus. See Curve, a., Curb.] 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. Curve v. i.To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right. スポンサード リンク
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