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a.
That can be passed over in a single course; -- said of a curve when the coordinates of the point on the curve can be expressed as rational algebraic functions of a single parameter /.
a.
To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball in pitching it.
a.
Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked from; hooklike.
n.
A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tube, curved (once or twice) into a convenient shape, and ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves is limited to the first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets capable, by means of valves or pistons, of producing every tone within their compass, although at the expense of the true ringing quality of tone.
n.
A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged, -- used for raising water, as for irrigation.
imp. & p. p.
of Curve
imp. & p. p.
of Curvet
a.
Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.
n.
One of foci of an ellipse, or other curve.
n.
To make a curvet; to leap; to bound.
n.
A limited reciprocating motion of a particle of an elastic body or medium in alternately opposite directions from its position of equilibrium, when that equilibrium has been disturbed, as when a stretched cord or other body produces musical notes, or particles of air transmit sounds to the ear. The path of the particle may be in a straight line, in a circular arc, or in any curve whatever.
n.
A water wheel, commonly horizontal, variously constructed, but usually having a series of curved floats or buckets, against which the water acts by its impulse or reaction in flowing either outward from a central chamber, inward from an external casing, or from above downward, etc.; -- also called turbine wheel.
n.
The point in any figure opposite to, and farthest from, the base; the terminating point of some particular line or lines in a figure or a curve; the top, or the point opposite the base.
n.
The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press.
v. i.
To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right.
v. t.
To cause to curvet.
a.
A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Curvet
n.
The state of being curved.
n.
The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet.
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