English Dictionary

curve

/kɜːv/

noun

A gentle bend, such as in a road. / A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.

The road ahead has a beautiful curve.

意味（1）

A gentle bend, such as in a road.

You should slow down when approaching a curve.

意味（2）

A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.

She scribbled a curve on the paper.

意味（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.

The teacher was nice and graded the test on a curve.

意味（4）

(analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.

意味（5）

(geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.

意味（6）

(algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.

意味（7）

(topology) A one-dimensional continuum.

意味（8）

(informal, usually in the plural) The attractive shape of a woman's body.