curve

n. வளைவு, வளைகோடு, வளைபொருள், வளைவடிவம், வளைபரப்பு, (க-க.) வளைமுகடு, மாறுபாடு அல்லது இயக்கப்போக்குக் காட்டும் அளவு கட்டச் சாய்வரை, சமநிலைக் குறிக்கோடு, (வி.) வளைவாக்கு, வளைவாகு, வளைந்து செல், வளை.

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Synonyms

#verb incurve, bend, inflex, falcate, arcuate #noun incurvation, flexion, deflexion

Antonyms

#verb straighten, unbend, rectilineate #noun rigidity, inelasticity, inflexibility, rectilinearity

Curve (krv), a. Etym: [L. curvus bent, curved. See Cirb.] Defn: Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface. Curve, n. Etym: [See Curve, a., Cirb.] 1. A bending without angles; that wcich is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal. 2. (Geom.) Defn: 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 perculiarities 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, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Curved (krvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Curving.] Etym: [L. curvare., fr. curvus. See Curve, a., Curb.] Defn: 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, v. i. Defn: To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right.

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