curve
/kɜːv//kɝv/noun
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A gentle bend, such as in a road.
Example: You should slow down when approaching a curve.
A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
Example: She scribbled a curve on the paper.
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.
Example: The teacher was nice and graded the test on a curve.
A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
verb
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To bend; to crook.
Example: to curve a line
To cause to swerve from a straight course.
Example: to curve a ball in pitching it
To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
Example: the road curves to the right
To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).
Example: The teacher will curve the test.
adjective
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Bent without angles; crooked; curved.
Example: a curve line