curve
noun
/kɚv/
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/kɜːv/
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[ˈkʰɚv]
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[ˈkʰɜːv]
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- A gentle bend, such as in a road.
- A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
- A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.
- (geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
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curva
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curve
verb
/kɚv/
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/kɜːv/
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[ˈkʰɚv]
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[ˈkʰɜːv]
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- (transitive) To bend; to crook.
- (intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
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curvare
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curved
adjective
/kɜːvd/
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/kɝːvd/
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- Having a curve or curves; curving.
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curvo,
ricurvo
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