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Meaning of curve
noun
- A gentle bend, such as in a road. Example: You should slow down when approaching a curve.
- A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line. Example: She scribbled a curve on the paper.
- 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. Example: The teacher was nice and graded the test on a curve.
- A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
- A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
verb
- To bend; to crook. Example: to curve a line
- To cause to swerve from a straight course. Example: to curve a ball in pitching it
- To bend or turn gradually from a given direction. Example: the road curves to the right
- To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution). Example: The teacher will curve the test.
- To reject, to turn down romantic advances. Example: I was once curved three times by the same woman.
adjective
- Bent without angles; crooked; curved. Example: a curve line
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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A dictionary checker verifies whether a typed word exists in a word list. It is useful for word games, puzzle checks, spelling checks, and quick vocabulary confirmation.
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The tool cleans the input, compares it against a local English word list, and then tries to load definitions from a free dictionary source when available.