Synonym: bend, curl, turn, twist, wind. Similar words: survey, surveillance, survivor, survival, carve, nerve, serve, occur. Meaning: [kɜːv] n. 1. the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes 2. a line on a graph representing data 3. a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approach the batter 4. the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface 5. curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.). v. 1. turn sharply; change direction abruptly 2. extend in curves and turns 3. form an arch or curve 4. bend or cause to bend 5. form a curl, curve, or kink.
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(91) A change in supply is involved when the entire supply curve shifts.
(92) Alternatively, quarter melon and run a sharp knife along the curve.
(93) The clubhead must start on a gentle curve low to the turf. 4.
(93) Sentencedict.com is a online sentence dictionary, on which you can find excellent sentences for a large number of words.
(94) In converting radiocarbon results to calendar dates, the wiggles in the calibration curve are the real problem.
(95) Fans of the old Strike games will appreciate how control has been duplicated, so the learning curve is pretty short.
(96) Ileal motility was measured by integrating the area under the pressure-time curve, during 1 minute periods, using computer software.
(97) Two bogie cars were not allowed to pass each other on the curve at the top of Ringstead Road.
(98) The total cost curve increases at a decreasing rate over some range and then begins to increase at an increasing rate.
(99) Thus, the private demand curve of an individual is not a simple affair.
(100) He lost control of the car on a sharp curve.
(101) These grades have to conform to the normal curve of distribution.
(102) Redraw the three diagrams of Figure 18.2 with a steeper L curve and a shallower I curve.
(103) Her mouth was full, and a half-moon of light accentuated the lustrous curve of her lower lip.
(104) Delacroix based his combative, romantic works on the compound curve.
(105) The basic idea is that a few parameters are turned into a smooth curve by a standardised computation.
(106) The yield curve is a smooth curve through those points.
(107) A positive yield curve represents the normal condition of the capital markets.
(108) Morgan was killed when he lost control of his car in a curve.
(109) As noted above, there can be exceptions to the vertical aggregate supply curve when changes are unanticipated.
(110) It was a two-storey white house nestling just within the last gentle curve up to the headland.
(111) But when the average cost curve is falling the marginal cost curve lies below average cost.
(112) No country can allow a government a learning curve and survive.
(113) Problem of an unstable demand Accurate monetary control requires the authorities to be able to predict the demand curve for money.
(114) This was due not only to economies of scale but also to what came to be known as the experience curve.
(115) Thus a rise in real government expenditure shifts the aggregate demand curve to the right.
(116) Chance variations have a natural spread across the normal curve as explained above, for practical purposes.
(117) This time around, the computerisation curve has flattened out, so the electronics industry has been hit as hard as any.
(118) This master curve is typical of those obtained on a number of amorphous polymers and to be found in the literature.
(119) The human relationships are very intense and therefore the learning curve is accelerated.
(120) And as this notion made his mouth curve upward in amusement at his optimism, he found what he was searching for.