käyrä — meaning in English

English meaning

• arc noun A curved line, especially part of the edge of a circle.
• crooked adj Bent or twisted rather than straight.
• curve noun A smoothly bending line, with no sharp corners.
• plot noun The sequence of events that make up a story, especially the way they are connected.

Senses

käyrä is used for these senses in English:

• arc (mathematics) A continuous mapping from a real interval (typically [0, 1]) into a space.
• crooked Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.
• curve A gentle bend, such as in a road.
• curve A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
• curve (geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
• plot A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.

arc — full definition

1. noun A curved line, especially part of the edge of a circle.
2. noun A story's overall shape or progression, especially a character's emotional or moral development.
3. verb To move or curve along a path shaped like an arc.
4. noun A glowing discharge of electricity jumping across a gap, as in welding.

crooked — full definition

1. adj Bent or twisted rather than straight.
2. adj Dishonest or corrupt.

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