curve

From Latin curvus (“bent, curved”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɜːv/, [ˈkʰɜːv]
• (GenAM) IPA^(key): /kɝv/, [ˈkʰɝv]

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)v

curve

1. (obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved.

   a curve line

   a curve surface

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.

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. To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).

   The teacher will curve the test.

5. (slang) To reject, to turn down romantic advances

• cruve

From Latin curvus (“bent, curved”)

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• Hyphenation: cur‧ve

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

1. curve: curved line

• aanbodcurve
• vraagcurve

curve f

1. plural of curva

curve

1. feminine plural of curvo

curve

1. vocative masculine singular of curvus

curve

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of curvar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of curvar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of curvar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of curvar

• IPA^(key): [ˈkurve]

curve f

1. plural of curvă

curve

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of curvar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of curvar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of curvar.