curve

Mane (Îngilîzî)

1. A gentle bend, such as in a road.
2. A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
3. 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.
4. A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
5. A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
6. An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
7. A one-dimensional continuum.
8. (informal) The attractive shape of a woman's body.

bend

crook

curved line

make crooked

be curved

curve ball

bend in the road

be rebellious

become crooked

curved shape

zigzag line

curve chord

be arched

graphical record

cut notches

be rounded

crook back

become bent

chart graph schedule

bend inward

like a hook

be crooked

be warped

Pircarînî

Wekî (IPA) tê gotin

/kɜːv/

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.

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