curve

adjective · noun · verbA2

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Tính từ

adjective
  1. 1.

    (obsolete)Bent without angles; crooked; curved.

    a curve line

    a curve surface

Danh từ

noun
Plural noun:
curves
  1. 1.

    A gentle bend, such as in a road.

    You should slow down when approaching a curve.

  2. 2.

    A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.

    She scribbled a curve on the paper.

  3. 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. 4.

    (analytic)(analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.

  5. 5.

    (geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.

  6. 6.

    (algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.

  7. 7.

    (topology) A one-dimensional continuum.

  8. 8.

    (informal, plural normally)(informal, usually in the plural) The attractive shape of a woman's body.

Động từ

verb
V_es/s
curves
V_ing/Gerund
curving
V_ed/pp
curved
  1. 1.

    (transitive)To bend; to crook.

    to curve a line

    to curve a pipe

  2. 2.

    (transitive)To cause to swerve from a straight course.

    to curve a ball in pitching it

  3. 3.

    (intransitive)To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.

    the road curves to the right

  4. 4.

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

    The teacher will curve the test.

  5. 5.

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

    I was once curved three times by the same woman.

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