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Webster 1913 Edition

Curve

Curve

(kûrv)
,
Adj.
[L.
curvus
bent, curved. See
Cirb
.]
Bent without angles; crooked; curved;
as, a
curve
line; a
curve
surface
.

Curve

,
Noun.
[See
Curve
,
Adj.
,
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
.

Curve

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Curved
(kûrvd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Curving
.]
[L.
curvare
., fr.
curvus
. See
Curve
,
Adj.
,
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
.

Curve

,
Verb.
I.
To bend or turn gradually from a given direction;
as, the road
curves
to the right
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Curve

CURVE

,
Adj.
[L., bent, crooked; to bend, turn or wind.] Bending; crooked; inflected in a regular form, and forming part of a circle; as a curve line, which may be cut by a right line in more points than one. A curve line is that which is neither a straight line, nor composed of straight lines.

CURVE

,
Noun.
A bending in a regular form, or without angles; that which is bent ; a flexure; part of a circle. In geometry, a line which may be cut by a right line in more points than one.

CURVE

,
Verb.
T.
[L.] To bend; to crook; to inflect.

Definition 2024

curvé

curvé

See also: curve

Spanish

Verb

curvé

  1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of curvar.

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