curve
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Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(obsolete)Bent without angles; crooked; curved.
a curve line
a curve surface
Danh từ
noun- 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)(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, plural normally)(informal, usually in the plural) The attractive shape of a woman's body.
Động từ
verb- 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.
(slang, transitive)To reject, to turn down romantic advances.
I was once curved three times by the same woman.
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