lateral curve
1Lateral motion device — Lateral motion devices permit the axles in some railroad locomotives to move sideways relative to the frame.PurposeThe coupled driving wheels on steam locomotives (often simply called drivers ) were held in a straight line by the locomotive s… …
2lateral acceleration — The acceleration created when a vehicle corners that tends to push a vehicle sideways. Because of centrifugal force, the vehicle is pushed outward. For this reason, you need to accelerate a little as you reach the apex of the curve to pull you… …
3curve — Synonyms and related words: aberrancy, aberration, arc, arch, artful dodge, artifice, bag of tricks, bear off, bend, bend back, bias, blind, bluff, bosey, bow, bowl, branch off, branching off, cast, catacaustic, catch, catenary, caustic, change… …
4lateral — Synonyms and related words: accented, allophone, alveolar, apical, apico alveolar, apico dental, articulated, articulation, aspiration, assimilated, assimilation, back, barytone, bifacial, bilabial, bilateral, bowl, broad, cacuminal, cast,… …
5curve — 1. A nonangular continuous bend or line. 2. A chart or graphic representation, by means of a continuous line connecting individual observations, of the course of a physiologic activity, of the number of cases of a disease in a given period, or of …
6Track transition curve — The red Euler spiral is an example of an easement curve between a blue straight line and a circular arc, shown in green …
7Minimum railway curve radius — 90 foot (27.43 m) radii on the elevated 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Chicago L . There is no room for longer radii at this street intersection The minimum railway curve radius, the shortest design radius, has an… …
8Inferior horn of lateral ventricle — Infobox Brain Name = PAGENAME Latin = cornu inferior GraySubject = 189 GrayPage = 829 Caption = Drawing of a cast of the ventricular cavities, viewed from above. Caption2 = Drawing of a cast of the ventricular cavities, viewed from the side.… …
9compensating curve — the curve introduced in the construction of artificial dentures to compensate for the opening influence produced by the condylar and incisal guidances during lateral and protrusive mandibular excursive movements. Called also compensating… …
10S-curve distortion — The distortion in the image produced by a scanning sensor which results from the forward displacement of the sensor during the time of lateral scan …
