Curve (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a continuously bending line, without angles.
  2. the act or extent of curving.
  3. any curved outline, form, thing, or part.
  4. a curved section of a road, path, hallway, etc.
  5. a curved section of track: in the U.S. the curve is often expressed as the central angle, measured in degrees, of a curved section of track subtended by a chord 100 feet (30 meters) long (degree of curve ).
  6. Baseball.
    • curveball.
    • the path followed by a ball pitched as a curveball: The curve on that ball was nasty!
  7. a graphic representation of the variations effected in something by the influence of changing conditions; graph.
  8. a collection of points whose coordinates are continuous functions of a single independent variable.
  9. a misleading or deceptive trick; cheat; deception.
  10. a grading system based on the scale of performance, so that those performing better relative to others in the group, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject, receive high grades: The new English professor grades on a curve.
  11. a curved guide used in drafting.
verb (used with object), curved, curv·ing.
  1. to bend in a curve; cause to take the course of a curve.
  2. to grade on a curve.
verb (used without object), curved, curv·ing.
  1. to bend in a curve; take the course of a curve.
  2. to pitch a curveball: After two forkballs, Stewart curved to Hernandez for a called strike.
adjective
  1. having the shape of a curve; curved.
Idioms
  1. at the forefront of (or lagging behind) recent developments, trends, etc.
  2. See entry at flatten the curve.
  3. throw (someone) a curve,
    • to take (someone) by surprise, especially in a negative way.
    • to mislead or deceive.
noun
  1. a continuously bending line that has no straight parts
  2. something that curves or is curved, such as a bend in a road or the contour of a woman's body
  3. the act or extent of curving; curvature
  4. maths
    • a system of points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation; a locus of points
    • the graph of a function with one independent variable
  5. a line representing data, esp statistical data, on a graph
  6. ahead of the times; ahead of schedule
  7. behind the times; behind schedule
  8. short for French curve
verb
  1. to take or cause to take the shape or path of a curve; bend
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