To use a grading system based on the scale of performance of a group 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; to curve a grade.

Luzula arcuata, a flowering plant in the family Juncaceae.

A curve in the shape of a horseshoe, often on a railway, where hairpin bends cannot be used.

(algebraic geometry) The algebraic set of an equation which equates the square of one variable to a reduced cubic polynomial in another variable, over some field, and such that the discriminant of the reduced cubic is non-zero.

(economics) A graphical representation of the relationship between unemployment and the job vacancy rate.

(economics) The set of points representing final allocations of two goods between two people that could occur as a result of mutually beneficial trading between those people given their initial allocations of the goods.

(astrophysics) for a galaxy, a plot of the orbital velocity of objects with respect to the center of the galaxy, as a function of the distance between the two

(economics) A theoretical economic curve used to illustrate the theory that there is a level of government spending that maximizes economic growth.

(economics) A theoretical economic curve that shows the quantity of one type of product that an agent will export for each quantity of another type of product that it imports.

(economics) A graph that shows the proportion of overall income or wealth of the bottom percentage of people, often used to represent economic inequality.