curve

[kɜːrv]

Definition:
1. A line or surface that bends gradually.
2. The property possessed by the curving of a line or surface.
3. A baseball thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approach the batter.
4. A line on a graph representing data.

Use 'curve' in a sentence:

1. Galton broke a last lance for the use of the ogive curve.
2. Toad found himself flying through the air with the strong upward rush and delicate curve of a swallow.
3. Irving Fisher also drew on the curve, a production possibility frontier for society, which he made downward-curved.
4. They are on a steep learning curve.
5. There is a learning curve in the process of seeking employment.
6. The road curved to the left.
7. We just change the curve into straight lines.
8. The track curved away below him.
9. Like a telescope it has a curved mirror to collect the sunlight.
10. A small curve in the sliding part of the convex top of the lower nut acts as the wedge.
11. First, plot the temperature curve on the graph.
12. "The cool thing is, you can actually predict the curve, in many cases, " says company CEO Christopher Ahlberg.
13. When we do this, we can see this probability distribution curve that has the maximum probability of finding an electron here.
14. Japan is ahead of the curve when it comes to this trend.
15. Even if there is no curve, cheating "poisons" the classroom, and others may feel pressured to join in.
16. The total amount of the work that we can get out is just given by the area inside this curve.
17. You need a malleable pillow that will mould to the curves of your neck.
18. Once you get beyond the initial learning curve, knitting and crocheting can lower heart rate and blood pressure.
19. The small river meandered in lazy curves down the centre.
20. A small, unobtrusive smile curved the cook's thin lips.
21. Was it just a temporary blip on an otherwise healthy growth curve?
22. In such a case, the company's response may not be sufficiently quick or thoughtful, and the learning curve has been steep.
23. Both he and the crew are on a steep learning curve.
24. Her spine curved.
25. The car wheels screeched as they curved and bounced over the rough broken ground.
26. One of the journalists threw the senator a curve.
27. At the last minute, I threw them a curve ball by saying, "We're going to bring spouses."
28. His lips curved in a smile.
29. The results indicate that the metal flow curve wavily fluctuates.
30. If a class is graded on a curve, cheating hurts others' grades.
31. Tom turned a short curve, by-and-by, and exclaimed: "My goodness, Huck, lookyhere!"
32. The slope increases as you go up the curve.
33. The British assumed that carrying in sea level would extend an imaginary line from the shore along Earth's curve to a point beneath the Himalaya.
34. That company has a perfectly elastic demand curve.
35. A smile curved his lips.
36. On the track, the form embodies power. Each curve and line is moulded for speed.
37. The cost of materials does not fall on the experience curve.
38. The stairs ascended in a graceful curve.
39. Stay on the left-hand pavement to follow a road downhill round a curve.
40. The engine of the train left the rails at a curve.
41. There is a sharp curve in the road.
42. His lips curved up in the obligatory smile, acknowledging the compliment.
43. Each firm will face a downward-sloping demand curve.
44. The water curved round the rocks in great bursts of foam.
45. The road curved around the bay.
46. The fingers were gnarled, lumpy, with long, curving nails suggestive of animal claws.
47. At the last minute, I threw them a curve ball by saying, 'We're going to bring spouses'.
48. The ball curved strangely in the air.
49. The ball curved through the air.
50. The driver lost control on a curve and the vehicle hit a tree.