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  • 61Curve — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Curve », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Curve peut faire référence à : Curve… …

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  • 62curve — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin curvus; akin to Greek kyrtos convex, Middle Irish cruinn round Date: 15th century archaic bent or formed into a curve II. verb (curved; curving) Etymology: Latin curvare, from curvus …

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  • 63Curve (tonality) — Photo and curve dialog in the GIMP Photo and curve …

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  • 64curve — 1 noun (C) 1 a line which gradually bends like part of a circle: a curve on a graph | the curve of her hips 2 a rounded bend in a road, river etc: The car took the curve much too quickly. 3 curve ball a throw in baseball in which the ball spins… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 65Curve of pursuit — A curve of pursuit is a curve constructed by analogy to having a point or points which represents pursuers and pursuees, and the curve of pursuit is the curve traced by the pursuers. With the paths of the pursuer and pursuee parametrised in time …

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  • 66curve — 01. The path [curves] around the lake, and then ends in the campground. 02. We drove around a [curve] in the road, and came upon a serious car accident. 03. I don t like women that skinny; I prefer someone with a few more [curves]. 04. The… …

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  • 67curve fitting — noun : the determination of a curve of assigned character (as an exponential curve) that approaches most closely or fits best a number of points in a plane * * * curve fitting, adj. Statistics. the determination of a curve that fits a specified… …

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  • 68curve — isothermal transformation curve stress strain curve time temperature transformation curve TTT curve …

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  • 69curve — {{11}}curve (n.) 1690s, curved line, from CURVE (Cf. curve) (v.). With reference to the female figure (usually plural, curves), from 1862; as a type of baseball pitch, from 1879. {{12}}curve (v.) early 15c. (implied in curved), from L. curvus… …

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  • 70curve —    A line or edge that deviates from straightness in a smooth, continuous way. Or, a surface that deviates from flatness in the same way. Or, something that has the shape of a curve, such as an arc. Or, to make something curve, such as when a… …

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