Cûrve1, a.
a. [Lat. curvus, bent, curved, allied to Gr. κυρτός, curved, arched; It. & Sp. curvo, corvo, Pr. corb, Fr. courbe.] Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.
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Curve
Cûrve2, n.
n. [It. & Sp. curva, Fr. courbe. See supra.]
Sense 1. A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure.
Sense 2. (Geom.) A line of which no three consecutive points are in the same direction or straight line, and which corresponds to some mathematical equation. Brande.
Curve of double curvature, one in which no more than three consecutive points lie in the same plane. — Plane curve, one whose points are all in the same plane.
Cûrve3, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. CURVED; p. pr. & vb. n. CURVING.] [Lat. curvare, from curvus; It. curvare, Pg. curvar, Sp. corvar, Pr. curvar, corbar, Fr. courber. See CURVE, a.] To bend; to crook; to inflect.
Cûrve4, v. i.
v. i. To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right.