curve

See also: curvé

English

Etymology

From Latin curvus (“bent, curved”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɜːv/, [ˈkʰɜːv]
  • (GenAM) IPA(key): /kɝv/, [ˈkʰɝv]
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)v

Adjective

curve

  1. (obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved.
    a curve line
    a curve surface

Translations

Noun

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.

Derived terms

Translations

informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body

Verb

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

Translations

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Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin curvus (“bent, curved”)

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: cur‧ve

Noun

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

  1. curve: curved line

Derived terms

Italian

Noun

curve f

  1. plural of curva

Adjective

curve

  1. feminine plural of curvo

Latin

Adjective

curve

  1. vocative masculine singular of curvus

Portuguese

Verb

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkurve]

Noun

curve f

  1. plural of curvă

Spanish

Verb

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.
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