(geometry) A catenary-generated curve in the form of a cross-section of a sail filled by wind.

(finance) The relation between the interest rate (or cost of borrowing) and the time to maturity of the debt for a given borrower in a given currency.

Synonym of battleship-shaped curve

plural of curve deficiency

(mathematics) Any of a family of elliptic curves with applications in cryptography.

A curve on a graph that initially falls, then rises to a point higher than its starting point.

(topology) A non-self-intersecting continuous loop in the plane; a simple closed curve.

(economics) A graph depicting the relationship between the price of a certain commodity and the amount of it that consumers are willing and able to purchase at that given price.

(communication theory) A graphical representation that reveals the exponential drop in frequency of communication between engineers as the distance between them increases.

(economics) the graph depicting the relationship between the price of a certain commodity and the amount of it that producers are willing and able to supply at that given price