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CURVING
curved, curving
(adjective) having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend; “the curved tusks of a walrus”; “his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
curving
present participle of curve
Noun
curving (plural curvings)
A shape or motion that curves.
Adjective
curving (comparative more curving, superlative most curving)
That curves or curve.
a curving path
Source: Wiktionary
CURVE
Curve (krv), a. Etym: [L. curvus bent, curved. See Cirb.]
Definition: Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.
Curve, n. Etym: [See Curve, a., Cirb.]
1. A bending without angles; that wcich is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal.
2. (Geom.)
Definition: A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a straight line. Axis of a curve. See under Axis.
– Curve of quickest descent. See Brachystochrone.
– Curve tracing (Math.), the process of determining the shape, location, singular points, and other perculiarities of a curve from its equation.
– Plane curve (Geom.), a curve such that when a plane passes through three points of the curve, it passes through all the other points of the curve. Any other curve is called a curve of double curvature, or a twisted curve.
Curve, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Curved (krvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Curving.] Etym: [L. curvare., fr. curvus. See Curve, a., Curb.]
Definition: To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball in pitching it.
Curve, v. i.
Definition: To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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