curve

== English == === Alternative forms === cuhve (eye dialect) === Etymology === Attested since the 1690s, from Latin curvus (“bent, curved”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, curve, turn”) + *-wós. Doublet of curb, shrink, carcer, and cancer. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /kɜːv/, [ˈkʰɜːv] (General American) IPA(key): /kɚv/, [ˈkʰɚv] Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)v === Adjective === curve (obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === curve (plural curves) 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. (nonstandard, by extension) A grading system where all raw scores are raised by a set amount of points. (analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space. (geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space. (algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates. (topology) A one-dimensional continuum. (informal, usually in the plural) The attractive shape of a woman's body. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === curve (third-person singular simple present curves, present participle curving, simple past and past participle curved) (transitive) To bend; to crook. (transitive) To cause to swerve from a straight course. (intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction. (transitive) To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution). (transitive, slang) To reject, to turn down romantic advances. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === cruve == Chinese == === Etymology === From English curve (“grading system”). === Pronunciation === (Alternative pronunciation): IPA(key): /kʰœːf⁵⁵/ === Noun === curve (Hong Kong Cantonese) curve (grading system) (Classifier: 條／条 c) (by extension) standards (something used as a measure for comparison) (Classifier: 條／条 c) ==== Derived terms ==== 拉curve (laai1 koe1 fu4) == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin curvus (“bent, curved”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkʏr.və/ Hyphenation: cur‧ve === Noun === curve f (plural curven or curves, diminutive curvetje n) curve: curved line Synonym: kromme ==== Derived terms ==== == Galician == === Verb === curve inflection of curvar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Italian == === Adjective === curve feminine plural of curvo === Noun === curve f plural of curva == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʊr.wɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkur.ve] === Adjective === curve vocative masculine singular of curvus == Portuguese == === Verb === curve inflection of curvar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈkurve] === Noun === curve f plural of curvă == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkuɾbe/ [ˈkuɾ.β̞e] Rhymes: -uɾbe Syllabification: cur‧ve === Verb === curve inflection of curvar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative