curve

  1. Adjective.  (obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved.
  2. Noun.  A gentle bend, such as in a road.
  3. Noun.  A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
  4. Noun.  (analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
  5. Noun.  (geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
  6. Noun.  (algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
  7. Noun.  (topology) A one-dimensional continuum.
  8. Noun.  (''informal, usually in plural'' '''curves''') The attractive shape of a woman's body.
  9. Verb.  (transitive) To bend; to crook.
  10. Verb.  (transitive) To cause to swerve from a straight course.
  11. Verb.  (intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.

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