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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Adiabatic \Ad`i*a*bat"ic\, a. [Gr. ? not passable; 'a priv. + ?
     through + ? to go.] (Physics)
     Not giving out or receiving heat. -- Ad`i*a*bat`ic*al*ly,
     adv.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     Note: The adiabatic expansion of carbon dioxide from a
           compressed container causes the temperature of the gas
           to decrease rapidly below its freezing point, resulting
           in the familiar carbon dioxide ``snow'' emitted by
           carbon dioxide fire extinguishers.
           [PJC.]
  
     Adiabatic line or curve, a curve exhibiting the
        variations of pressure and volume of a fluid when it
        expands without either receiving or giving out heat.
        --Rankine.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Curve \Curve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curved (k[^u]rvd); p. pr. &
     vb. n. Curving.] [L. curvare., fr. curvus. See Curve, a.,
     Curb.]
     To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to
     cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball
     in pitching it.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Curve \Curve\ (k[^u]rv), a. [L. curvus bent, curved. See
     Cirb.]
     Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a
     curve surface.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Curve \Curve\, v. i.
     To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the
     road curves to the right.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Adiabatic \Ad`i*a*bat"ic\, a. [Gr. ? not passable; 'a priv. + ?
     through + ? to go.] (Physics)
     Not giving out or receiving heat. -- Ad`i*a*bat`ic*al*ly,
     adv.
  
     Adiabatic line or curve, a curve exhibiting the
        variations of pressure and volume of a fluid when it
        expands without either receiving or giving out heat.
        --Rankine.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Geodetic \Ge`o*det"ic\, Geodetical \Ge`o*det"ic*al\, a.
     Of or pertaining to geodesy; obtained or determined by the
     operations of geodesy; engaged in geodesy; geodesic; as,
     geodetic surveying; geodetic observers.
  
     Geodetic line or curve, the shortest line that can be
        drawn between two points on the elipsoidal surface of the
        earth; a curve drawn on any given surface so that the
        osculating plane of the curve at every point shall contain
        the normal to the surface; the minimum line that can be
        drawn on any surface between any two points.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Curve \Curve\ (k[^u]rv), a. [L. curvus bent, curved. See
     Cirb.]
     Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a
     curve surface.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.
  
     2. (Geom.) A line described according to some low, and having
        no finite portion of it a straight line.
  
     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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Curve \Curve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curved (k?rvd); p. pr. &
     vb. n. Curving.] [L. curvare., fr. curvus. See Curve, a.,
     Curb.]
     To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to
     cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball
     in pitching it.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Curve \Curve\, v. i.
     To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the
     road curves to the right.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  curve
       n 1: the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes [syn:
             curved shape] [ant: straight line]
       2: a line on a graph representing data
       3: a baseball thrown with spin so that its path curves as it
          approach the batter [syn: curve ball, breaking ball, bender]
       4: the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
          [syn: curvature]
       5: curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
          [syn: bend]
       v 1: turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the
            left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the
            right" [syn: swerve, sheer, trend, veer, slue,
             slew, cut]
       2: extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"
          [syn: wind]
       3: form an arch or curve; "her back arches"; "her hips curve
          nicely" [syn: arch, arc]
       4: bend or cause to bend; "He crooked his index finger"; "the
          road curved sharply" [syn: crook]
       5: form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at
          the ceiling" [syn: curl, kink]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  curve
     Dutch n.
     (l en curve): (l en curved) (l en line)
     Italian a.
     (adj form of it curvo  f p)
     Italian n.
     (plural of it curva)
     Portuguese vb.
     (pt-verb form of: curvar)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: curvar)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  curve
     a.
     (lb en obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved.
  Category:en:Curves
     n.
     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 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.
     4 (lb en analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional
  space to a multidimensional space.
     5 (lb en geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the
  graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
     6 (lb en algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial
  relation of the planar coordinates.
     7 (lb en topology) A one-dimensional continuum.
     8 (lb en informal usually in the plural) The attractive shape of a
  woman's body.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To bend; to crook.
     2 (lb en transitive) To cause to swerve from a straight course.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given
  direction.
     4 (lb en transitive) To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal
  distribution).
     5 (lb en transitive) (lb en slang) To reject, to turn down romantic
  advances.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  curve
     Dutch n.
     (l en curve): (l en curved) (l en line)
     Italian a.
     (adj form of it curvo  f p)
     Italian n.
     (plural of it curva)
     Portuguese vb.
     (pt-verb form of: curvar)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: curvar)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  curve
     Dutch n.
     (l en curve): (l en curved) (l en line)
     Italian a.
     (adj form of it curvo  f p)
     Italian n.
     (plural of it curva)
     Portuguese vb.
     (pt-verb form of: curvar)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  curve
     Englanti n.
     1 (''matematiikka'') käyrä
     2 kaariviiva
     3 (''tie'') kurvi, mutka, kaarre
     Englanti vb.
     1 käyristää; kaartaa
     2 käyristyä; kaartua

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  curve
     Engelska n.
     kurva
     Engelska vb.
     böja

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Curve /kˈɜːv/
  المنحنى

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  curve //kɜːv// //kɝv// /[ˈkʰɜːv]/ /[ˈkʰɝv]/ 
  1. крива линия, крива
  curved line
  2. извивка, крива
  gentle bend
  3. крива
  geometry: one-dimensional figure
  4. извивки
  informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  curve //kɜːv// //kɝv// /[ˈkʰɜːv]/ /[ˈkʰɝv]/ 
  1. извивам се
  bend or turn gradually from a given direction
  2. извивам, изкривявам
  bend, crook