CURVE
Definition of CURVE
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A gentle bend, such as in a road.
"You should slow down when approaching a curve."
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A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
"She scribbled a curve on the paper."
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A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.
"The teacher was nice and graded the test on a curve."
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To bend; to crook.
"to curve a line"
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To cause to swerve from a straight course.
"to curve a ball in pitching it"
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To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
"the road curves to the right"
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Bent without angles; crooked; curved.
"a curve line"
Source: Wiktionary