Curve

Noun

 * 1) A gentle bend, such as in a road.
 * 2) A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
 * 3)  A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
 * 4)  A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
 * 5)  An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
 * 6)  A one-dimensional continuum.

Verb

 * 1)  To bend; to crook.
 * 2)  To cause to swerve from a straight course.
 * 3)  To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.

Adjective
curve


 * 1)  Bent without angles; crooked; curved.

Adjectives for Curve

 * (tend as of a highway) gradually-descending; magnificent; unprotected; precipitous; graceful; sinuous; hairpin; wide-swung; continuous.

Verbs for Curve

 * (general) approach—; assume—; bank—; collide on—; crowd at—; dart around—; eliminate—; negotiate—; round—; screech around—; turn over on—; upset on—; warn of—; whiz round—; —confronts; —endangers; —hazards; —menaces; —obscures; —represents; —slants.
 * (line of deviation on a graph) construct—; describe—; generate—; interest in—; intersect—; obtain—; study—; trace—; transform—; —corresponds to; —degenerates; —envelops; —falls; —indicates; —recedes; —represents; —sinks.

Adjectives for Curve

 * (general) seductive; sensuous; luscious; ardent; entrancing; magnificent; graceful; exquisite; winsome; dizzy; dazzling; sweeping; bold; wide; scraped; scornful; disdainful; fleshy; opulent; slim; dignified; sensitive; closecoiled; easy; concave; sheltering; irregular; flat; hairpin; downward; lax; convex; subtle; symmetrical; gigantic; sheltered; painted; wavering; drooping; phosphate; additional; cuspidated; majestic; continuous; caustic; lineless; living; epicycloidal precipitous; prudish; luxurious; aquiline flowing; gracile; ceaseless; rich; tender sweeping; alluring; yielding; self-sought exquisite; glimmering;
 * (line of deviation on a graph) double; reverse; reciprocal; transcendental; mechanical; radical; radial; peculiar.

Adverbs for Curve
perceptibly; seductively; sensuously; entrancingly; magnificently; exquisitely; winsomely; sweepingly; boldly; abruptly; dangerously; sinuously.

Thesaurus
hunch, hurl, hyperbola, incurvate, incurvation, incurvature, incurve, indirection, inflect, inflection, joker, juggle, knuckleball, lateral, lateral pass, lituus, lob, loop, obliquity, outcurve, parabola, pass, peg, pererration, pitch, ploy, pull, put, rambling, recurve, reflect, reflex, refract, retroflex, rondure, round, ruse, sag, scatter, scheme, screwball, scurvy trick, serve, service, sheer, shift, shifting, shifting course, shifting path, shot-put, shy, sinker, sinus, skew, slant, sleight, sleight of hand, sleight-of-hand trick, slider, sling, spiral, spitball, spitter, stratagem, straying, subterfuge, swag, sweep, swerve, swerving, swinging, tack, throw, toss, tracery, trend, trick, turn, turn aside, turning, twist, upcurve, variation, vary, vault, veer, wandering, warp, wile, wind, yaw, zigzag, aberrancy, aberration, arc, arch, artful dodge, artifice, bag of tricks, bear off, bend, bend back, bias, blind, bluff, bosey, bow, bowl, branch off, branching off, cast, catacaustic, catch, catenary, caustic, change of pace, change the bearing, change-up, chicanery, chouse, chuck, chunk, circle, circuit, circuitousness, circumference, coil, compass, conchoid, corner, crook, curl, curvation, curvature, curve-ball, declination, decurve, deflect, depart from, departure, design, detour, deviance, deviancy, deviate, deviation, device, deviousness, diacaustic, diffract, diffuse, digress, digression, dirty deal, dirty trick, discursion, disperse, distort, divagate, divagation, divaricate, divarication, diverge, divergence, diversion, divert, dodge, dogleg, dome, double, downcurve, drift, drifting, ellipse, embow, errantry, excursion, excursus, exorbitation, fast deal, fastball, feint, festoon, fetch, ficelle, flex, fling, flip, forward pass, gambit, gimmick, googly, hairpin, heave, heel, hocus-pocus, hook, hump,

Etymology
From curvus:

Derived terms

 * algebraic curve
 * Bézier curve
 * closed curve
 * cosine curve
 * curvy


 * dragon curve
 * elliptic curve
 * Lissajous curve
 * Jordan curve
 * multicurve


 * nonsimple curve
 * open curve
 * pedal curve
 * plane curve
 * pursuit curve


 * simple curve
 * sine curve
 * space curve
 * spherical curve

Noun

 * Afrikaans: kurwe
 * Basque: kurba
 * Bulgarian: извивка
 * Catalan: revolt,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 彎子, 弯子
 * Dutch: curve, kromming , bocht (road)
 * Esperanto: kurbo, kurbiĝo, sinuo, ĝirejo, vojturno (road)
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: עקימה


 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latvian: līkums
 * Lithuanian: linkis, vingis
 * Polish: zakręt
 * Portuguese: curva
 * Romanian: curbă, curbe
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: వంపు (vampu)
 * Turkish: kıvrım


 * Afrikaans: kurwe
 * Bulgarian: крива
 * Catalan: corba, f
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:


 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latvian: līkne
 * Lithuanian: kreivė
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: curbă, linie curbă, linie curbată
 * Russian: кривая
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Slovene: krivulja
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Croatian: obline
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: kurvit
 * French:


 * Greek: καμπύλες
 * Hebrew: חיטובים (khit'uvym)
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: kıvrım


 * Afrikaans: kurwe
 * Bulgarian: извивки
 * Catalan: corbes
 * Dutch: rondingen, figuur
 * Finnish: kurvi (usually in plural kurvit),
 * Greek:


 * Italian: curva (usually plural)
 * Russian: (usually plural: изгибы)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: kurva (usually plural), figur (usually singular)
 * Telugu: వంపులు (vampulu), వొంపులు (vompulu)

Verb

 * Bulgarian: извивам, изкривявам
 * Dutch: krommen, plooien (pipe), buigen
 * Finnish:
 * Irish: cuar
 * Italian:


 * Korean: 구부리다 (guburida)
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish: kıvrılmak


 * Bulgarian: извивам се
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Irish: cuar
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: (, magaru)
 * Korean: 구부러지다 (gubureojida)
 * Russian: изгибаться, гнуться
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swedish: böja (sig)

Noun
curve



Adjective
curve


 * 1) feminine plural of curvo

Etymology
In Lojbanized spelling.
 * Chinese: cuen — 純 (纯) [chún]
 * English: piur — pure
 * Hindi: cudva — शुद्ध [śuddha]
 * Spanish: pur — puro

Gismu

 * 1) pure; x1 is pure/unadulterated/unmitigated/simple in property x2 (ka).

Related terms

 * prane
 * jinsa
 * manfo
 * sampu
 * sepli
 * traji
 * lumci
 * xukmi

Noun
curve