Synonyms:
curve, curved_shape
Meaning: the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
Synonyms:
curve
Meaning: a line on a graph representing data
Synonyms:
curve, curve_ball, breaking_ball, bender
Meaning: a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut
Meaning: turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
Synonyms:
wind, twist, curve
Meaning: extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest"
Synonyms:
arch, curve, arc
Meaning: form an arch or curve; "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely"
Usage examples
On a curve."
Benson curve lights!
The river circled in one great curve.
The supra-orbital crest, the facial angle, the maxillary curve, the--"
It was like having to determine a curve from three points close together.
I'm getting so I can hit that shingle once in a while, and use a curve, too.
It should not be inserted too low down, but carried with a slight curve upwards, and never curled.
Then they swept around the curve and the bridge lay before them, indistinct in the drizzle of rain.
Yes, the curve so described by the planet is a comparatively simple one: it is a special kind of oval--the ellipse.
that circular motion was not the perfect and natural motion, but that planets might move in some other closed curve?