[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

curve \curve\, n. see curve, a., cirb.
   1. a bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure;
      as, a curve in a railway or canal.
      1913 webster

   2. geom. a line described according to some low, and having
      no finite portion of it a straight line.
      1913 webster

   axis of a curve. see under axis.

   curve of quickest descent. see brachystochrone.

   curve tracing math., the process of determining the
      shape, location, singular points, and other peculiarities
      of a curve from its equation.

   plane curve geom., a curve such that when a plane passes
      through three points of the curve, it passes through all
      the other points of the curve. any other curve is called a
      curve of double curvature, or a twisted curve.
      1913 webster
see also:
curve cirb axis of a curve axis curve of quickest descent brachystochrone 
curve tracing plane curve curve of double curvature twisted curve 

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Quickest, definition of term: Quickest
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Descent >> D Words
Descent, definition of term: Descent
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Curve >> C Words
Curve, definition of term: Curve
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Curve Ball >> C Words
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Learning Curve, definition of term: Learning Curve
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Kinematic Curve >> K Words
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Bell Curve >> B Words
Bell Curve, definition of term: Bell Curve
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