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Meaning
Adj
●
In Curves:
Bent without
angles
;
crooked
; curved.
Noun
●
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.
●
In Geometry:
A
continuous
map
from a
one-dimensional
space
to a
multidimensional
space
.
●
In Geometry:
A
one-dimensional
figure
of
non-zero
length
; the
graph
of a
continuous
map
from a
one-dimensional
space.
●
In Algebraic geometry:
An
algebraic
curve
; a
polynomial
relation
of the
planar
coordinates.
●
In Topology:
A
one-dimensional
continuum.
●
The
attractive
shape
of a woman's body.
Verb
●
To
bend
; to crook.
●
To cause to
swerve
from a
straight
course.
●
To
bend
or
turn
gradually
from a given direction.
●
To
grade on a curve
(
bell curve
of a
normal
distribution).
●
(slang) To
reject
, to
turn down
romantic
advances.
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Origin
curve
English
curvus
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
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