curve
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- noun
- /kɜrv/
- Results of the PMP are also compared to growth curves for pathogens under ideal growing conditions.
- learning curve
- growth curve
- bell curve
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Watch on YouTubeThe inversion of the yield curve suggests yes.
- The inversion of the yield curve suggests yes.
- She is graded on an entirely different curve than him.
- So the steepening of the yield curve can be quite painful.
- Let's look back at this as like a, a learning curve amongst all of this.
- As long as the yield curve is stable, raise rates.
Examples
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Children with language impairments find themselves behind the curve when it comes to overall literacy development.
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If the yield curve goes down, what does that mean?
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So our first curve here looks like this.
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I might take this curve here a little too fast.
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All right, now let's take a curve that just goes around like that.
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If you look at the curve of the marathon records, it would take another 30, 40 years.
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You can quite clearly see in this curve a gap appearing.
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The horizontal axis is the crude oil price, and the curve represents a $60 alternative fuel cost.
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She is graded on an entirely different curve than him.
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The artist captured the curve of the mountain in her painting beautifully.
Synonyms
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A curved part of a road, river, pipe, or body
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Part of a circle's edge or any curved line like a rainbow
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A form that bends smoothly without sharp angles, like a rainbow
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The line on a graph that shows how a number changes over time
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
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To surprise or confuse someone by doing something they did not expect
Compounds
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A curved line on a graph showing most results near the average and fewer at the ends
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A graph showing how tax rates change the money the government gets, rising then falling when taxes get too high
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A curve shaped like a bell that shows most values near the average
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A graph that shows how one device property changes as another thing changes, like voltage or temperature
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A bell-shaped line that shows most numbers near the middle and fewer far from it
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A curve with no endpoints that comes back to its starting point, like a circle
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A bell-shaped curve the same on both sides that shows how values are near the average
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A graph showing how a computer model gets better with more training data
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A line on a graph showing combinations of goods a buyer likes the same
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A smooth line or curve fitted to data points to show how two things are related
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A closed loop on a flat surface, like a circle, that does not cross itself
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A curved line on a flat surface that makes a closed loop without crossing itself, like a circle
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A graph showing the cotangent function, repeating every pi and with vertical lines it never reaches
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A graph that shows how loud a speaker or amplifier is at different frequencies
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A curve formed by points where perpendiculars from a fixed point meet a curve's tangents
How Curved
Surface Forms
Etymology
Curve comes from an old Latin root curvus meaning 'bent', the same root you find in curvy. So a curve is a smooth, bent line or shape, like the line on a graph that shows how things change.