Definition of curved shape Curved shape
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What does curved shape mean?
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| curved shape - the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes | ||
| curve | ||
| straight line a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature; "the shortest distance between two points is a straight line" | ||
| line acting in conformity; "in line with"; "he got out of line"; "toe the line" | ||
| bell-shaped curve, gaussian curve, gaussian shape, normal curve a symmetrical curve representing the normal distribution | ||
| meander a bend or curve, as in a stream or river | ||
| closed curve a curve (such as a circle) having no endpoints | ||
| s-shape a double curve resembling the letter S | ||
| catenary the curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and inextensible cord of uniform density and cross section hanging freely from two fixed points | ||
| cupid's bow a curved bow with reversed curve ends | ||
| undulation, wave wavelike motion; a gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves | ||
| extrados the exterior curve of an arch | ||
| gooseneck something in a thin curved form (like the neck of a goose) | ||
| intrados the interior curve of an arch | ||
| crook, bend, turn, twist a long staff with one end being hook shaped | ||
| crotchet, hook a small tool or hooklike implement | ||
| envelope any wrapper or covering | ||
| arc a continuous portion of a circle | ||
| crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle, scallop a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement | ||
| spiral flying downward in a helical path with a large radius | ||
| helix, spiral type genus of the family Helicidae | ||
| perversion the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use); "it was a perversion of justice" | ||
| sinuosity, sinuousness having curves; "he hated the sinuosity of mountain roads" | ||
| arch (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it | ||
| bell shape, campana, bell a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck | ||
| arc, bow a continuous portion of a circle | ||
| crescent any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters | ||
| quadric, quadric surface a curve or surface whose equation (in Cartesian coordinates) is of the second degree | ||
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