three-dimensional (3-d) curve
1curve — [kʉrv] adj. [L curvus, bent: see CROWN] Archaic curved n. 1. a line having no straight part; bend having no angular part 2. a thing or part having the shape of a curve 3. the act of curving, or the extent of this 4. [pl.] the pronounced curving… …
2Curve — For other uses, see Curve (disambiguation). A parabola, a simple example of a curve In mathematics, a curve (also called a curved line in older texts) is, generally speaking, an object similar to a line but which is not required to be straight.… …
3Elliptic curve — In mathematics, an elliptic curve is a smooth, projective algebraic curve of genus one, on which there is a specified point O . An elliptic curve is in fact an abelian variety mdash; that is, it has a multiplication defined algebraically with… …
4Lissajous curve — In mathematics, a Lissajous curve (Lissajous figure or Bowditch curve) is the graph of the system of parametric equations:x=Asin(at+delta),quad y=Bsin(bt),which describes complex harmonic motion. This family of curves was investigated by… …
5Track 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 …
6Two-dimensional graph — A two dimensional graph is the graph of a function of one variable f ( x ). Provided that x and f ( x ) are real numbers, the graph can be represented as a straight or curved curve in a two dimensional Cartesian coordinate system.ExampleThe graph …
7Z curve — The Z curve (or Z curve) method is a bioinformatics algorithm for genome analysis. The Z curve is a three dimensional curve that constitutes a unique representation of a DNA sequence, i.e., for the Z curve and the given DNA sequence each can be… …
8space curve — noun any curve in three dimensional space; includes any plane curve as a subset …
9skew curve — noun Date: circa 1889 a curve in three dimensional space that does not lie in a single plane …
10space curve — noun : a curve in three dimensional space …
