| curve |
a baseball pitch in which the ball curves toward the opposite side from which it was thrown; curve ball; curve ball. [3/7 definitions] |
| curved |
having the shape of a curve; not straight or angular. |
| cycloid |
in geometry, a curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle that is rolling along a straight line. [1/3 definitions] |
| cylinder |
in geometry, a surface or volume described by a straight line tracing a closed curve, esp. a circle, at a fixed angle, usu. a right angle, in two parallel planes. [1/5 definitions] |
| dogleg |
something bent at a sharp angle, esp. a road or a golf fairway with a sharp curve. [1/2 definitions] |
| ellipse |
a closed geometric plane curve formed by the intersection of a plane at an oblique angle to the axis and opposite sides of a right circular cone; an oval conic section. [1/2 definitions] |
| extrados |
the outside curve of an arch or a vault. (Cf. intrados.) |
| fadeaway |
in baseball, designating a curve ball that dips and slows down as it reaches home plate. [1/2 definitions] |
| falchion |
a short broad medieval sword with a slight curve in the blade near the point. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. [1/4 definitions] |
| flexure |
a turn or curve. [1/3 definitions] |
| Gaussian |
of or pertaining to a function named after the mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss that represents statistical data as a symmetrical bell-shaped curve. [3/4 definitions] |
| Gaussian distribution function |
a function named after the mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss that represents statistical data as a symmetrical bell-shaped curve; normal distribution function. |
| goat |
any of various agile four-legged animals that produce milk, having hollow horns with a backward curve, rough and usu. straight hair, and a short tail. [1/5 definitions] |
| gusset |
a triangular piece inserted at a curve to strengthen it or improve the fit, as in a garment. [1/2 definitions] |
| helix |
a three-dimensional curve with a central axis and a steadily increasing, steadily decreasing, or constant circumference; spiral. |
| hook |
a sharp bend, curve, or angle in the course or length of something, such as a river, a road, or a piece of land next to water. [5/19 definitions] |
| hooknose |
a nose that has a prominent outward curve; aquiline nose. |
| incurve |
to curve inward. [2 definitions] |
| intercept |
in mathematics, the portion of a line that has been intercepted, or the distance from the origin of a coordinate axis to a point at which the axis is intersected by a curve, line, or surface. [1/5 definitions] |
| intrados |
the inner curve or surface of an arch or archlike structure. |