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Webster 1913 Edition


Curvilinear

{

Curˊvi-lin′e-al

(-al)
,

Curˊvi-lin′e-ar

(-?r)
, }
Adj.
[L.
curvus
bent + E.
lineal
,
linear
.]
Consisting of, or bounded by, curved lines;
as, a
curvilinear
figure
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Curvilinear

CURVILINEAR

, CURVILINEAL,
Adj.
[L., bent and a line.] Having a curve line; consisting of curve lines; bounded by curve lines; as a curvilinear figure.

Definition 2024


curvilinear

curvilinear

English

Adjective

curvilinear (not comparable)

  1. (Of a line) Having bends; curved; curvilineal.
  2. (geometry, art) Formed by curved lines.

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