curve — meaning in English

English meaning

• curve noun A smoothly bending line, with no sharp corners.

Senses

curve is used for these senses in English:

• curve A gentle bend, such as in a road.
• curve (geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.

curve — full definition

1. noun A smoothly bending line, with no sharp corners.
2. verb To bend gradually rather than at a sharp angle.
3. noun A system of grading students relative to how the whole class performed, rather than against a fixed standard.

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