Curve: alternatives and connections

A portion of a curved line; as, the arc of a circle or of an ellipse.

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Any part of a curved line.

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A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound o…

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To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to ben…

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To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.

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A church bell.

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Alt. of Catenarian

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A curve, of the fourth degree, first made use of by the Greek geometer, Nicomedes, who invented it for the purpose of trisecting an angle and duplica…

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A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.

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A rounded tooth or notch of a crenate leaf, or any part that is crenate; -- called also crenelle.

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See Crenelle.

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Alt. of Crenel

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The increasing moon; the moon in her first quarter, or when defined by a concave and a convex edge; also, applied improperly to the old or decreasing…

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A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure.

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A forked support; a crotch.

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State of being curly.

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The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent.

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Alt. of Envelop

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The exterior curve of an arch; esp., the upper curved face of the whole body of voussoirs. See Intrados.

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A nonplane curve whose tangents are all equally inclined to a given plane. The common helix is the curve formed by the thread of the ordinary screw.…

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A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for c…

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The interior curve of an arch; esp., the inner or lower curved face of the whole body of voussoirs taken together. See Extrados.

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A curve in the form of the figure 8, with both parts symmetrical, generated by the point in which a tangent to an equilateral hyperbola meets the per…

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A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders of the veins and arteries.

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The act of perverting, or the state of being perverted; a turning from truth or right; a diverting from the true intent or object; a change to someth…

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Of or pertaining to the second degree.

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A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it…

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Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinidae. The shell is usually radially…

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Quality or state of being sinuous.

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Winding or circling round a center or pole and gradually receding from it; as, the spiral curve of a watch spring.

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The quality, condition, or state, of being straight; as, the straightness of a path.

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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

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The act of undulating; a waving motion or vibration; as, the undulations of a fluid, of water, or of air; the undulations of sound.

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See Waive.

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The quality or state of being wavy.

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To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to ben…

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Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing' shape; figure.

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The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.

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The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery.

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The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.

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To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.

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To bend; as, to flex the arm.

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A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Gone.

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One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…

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Flax; linen.

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To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas,…

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of Run

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The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.

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One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion; as, a segment of an orange;…

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To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck).

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To curve in an opposite or unusual direction; to bend back or down.

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Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent.

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Winding or circling round a center or pole and gradually receding from it; as, the spiral curve of a watch spring.

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To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.

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A portion of a curved line; as, the arc of a circle or of an ellipse.

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A portion of a curved line; as, the arc of a circle or of an ellipse.

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Any part of a curved line.

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Any part of a curved line.

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To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to ben…

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To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to ben…

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The act of curving, or the state of being bent or curved; a curving or bending, normal or abnormal, as of a line or surface from a rectilinear direct…

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The act of curving, or the state of being bent or curved; a curving or bending, normal or abnormal, as of a line or surface from a rectilinear direct…

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To stray; to wander; to rope.

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To stray; to wander; to rope.

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To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twin…

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To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twin…

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To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to ben…

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To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.

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To bend; as, to flex the arm.

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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

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A diagram representing data or a set of equations

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A journey, or stage of a journey.

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The course or way which is traveled or passed, or is to be passed; a passing; a course; a road or path; a march.

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A portion of a curved line; as, the arc of a circle or of an ellipse.

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Any part of a curved line.

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To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to ben…

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One who, or that which, bends.

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A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure.

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To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair.

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The act of curving, or the state of being bent or curved; a curving or bending, normal or abnormal, as of a line or surface from a rectilinear direct…

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A twist or loop in a rope or thread, caused by a spontaneous doubling or winding upon itself; a close loop or curl; a doubling in a cord.

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Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.

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A slough; a run or wet place. See 2d Slough, 2.

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To stray; to wander; to rope.

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To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest.

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To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

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To change direction; to turn; to shift; as, wind veers to the west or north.

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To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twin…

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