Definition of Curves

1. Noun. (plural of curve) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of curve) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Curves

1. curve [v] - See also: curve

Lexicographical Neighbors of Curves

curve ball
curve deficiency
curve of Spee
curve of occlusion
curveball
curveballed
curveballing
curved
curved shape
curvedly
curvedness
curveless
curvelet
curvelets
curves (current term)
curvet
curveted
curveting
curvets
curvetted
curvetting
curvey
curvicaudate
curvicostate
curvier
curviest
curviform
curvilinead
curvilineads

Literary usage of Curves

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1800-1900: Subject Indexby Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod by Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod (1908)
"Algebraic or transcendental plane curves defined by 2 characteristics. Fouret, G. Par. ... Characteristics of elementary systems of curves of 3rd degree. ..."

2. A Course in Mathematical Analysis by Edouard Goursat, Earle Raymond Hedrick (1916)
"curves of deficiency one. An algebraic plane curve Cn of degree n cannot have more than (n — l)(n — 2)/2 double points without degenerating into several ..."

3. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1893)
"Group VI. was made so that the normal curves in series 1, ... The compared curves were described in the ordinary way, with the lead pencil. ..."

4. American Journal of Mathematics by Johns Hopkins University, American Mathematical Society (1919)
"On Surfaces Containing Two Pencils of Cubic curves. BY CH SISAM. 1. In a recent article in the AMERICAN JOURNAL OP MATHEMATICS, Vol. XLI, p. ..."

5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1868)
"Dr. Stewart, Director of the Kew Observatory, has kindly sent me copies of the Kew magnetic curves during these disturbances. ..."

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