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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(121) Dilution curves of a serum sample containing high concentrations of pepsinogens were parallel to the standard curve.
(122) By polluting, that is, by creating spillover costs, the firm enjoys lower production costs and the supply curve 5.
(123) Integrated meal stimulated serum gastrin outputs were determined by calculating the area under the serum concentration time curve.
(124) The flushing models have thrown a curve to geophysicists trying to work out how this cycle has come about.
(125) In these theories the late heavy bombardment can be separate from accretion,(http://sentencedict.com/curve.html) as in curve B in Figure 6.9.
(126) Exhibit 9. 1 shows the so-called normal yield curve, where long-term rates are higher than short-term rates.
(127) Graphically, the intersection of the supply curve and the demand curve for the product will indicate the equilibrium point.
(128) The amplitude of the curve is its maximum height above its average level.
(129) This is rather like being able to draw a straight line tangent at any point on a smooth curve.
(130) On the upward curve over the first down the lorry was forced to a crawl.
(131) This is reflected in the model by a declining marginal cost curve.
(132) When Alexei was out of sight round the curve of the companionway[sentencedict.com], he turned and walked on.
(133) At certain times of the year, the Horns would also have framed the Sun in their graceful curve.
(134) It is also worth bearing in mind that the experience curve does not apply only to single products.
(135) As they straighten, curve the spine and pull in the tummy, as if you have just received a blow.
(136) Then again, some major thinkers are way ahead of the curve.
(137) Start with arms outstretched and curve sideways, bringing the arm up and over as far as possible.
(138) I rounded the curve looking for a place to pull over.
(139) Cost-leadership policies do not, therefore, depend for their success upon some crude belief in the experience curve.
(140) His pink shirt clinging to the curve of his belly.
(141) Its seamless curve swept across the canyon and imbedded itself in each side, a gigantic but somehow graceful intrusion.
(142) This curve is an index of global sea levels compiled from oil exploration data by Exxon scientist P. R. Vail.
(143) The curve of the blade contributed greatly to this, as Henry Stephens showed in his Book of the Farm.
(144) Everyone in the Administration Centre has been through a very steep learning curve.
(145) Reoffered at 99. 50 to yield three basis points above the interpolated curve.
(146) Other constraints give qualitatively similar conclusions, provided that the curve remains convex.
(147) The more points you use, the smoother the curve will be.
(148) Since there are no production externalities, this marginal private cost curve is also the marginal social cost curve.
(149) But they also have a steep learning curve for the uninitiated, which is something to consider before taking the plunge.
(150) Their gravitational attraction would thus curve up the universe to infinitely small size.