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.
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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(181) The experience curve reflects the mix of all these forms of learning.
(182) Those who don't keep rolling on the learning curve get left way behind.
(183) His hands were on her smooth, arched back, sliding down the curve. Sentencedict.com
(184) Steve Jobs had eliminated the crank of a steep learning curve, but replaced it with a new crank-insufficient memory and storage.
(185) It is an average cost curve for citizens for a constant level of output.
(186) The liquid composition then becomes richer in benzene and travels along the curve c'-E.
(187) For a competitive equilibrium, this line must be tangent to the individual's indifference curve.
(188) Banks will merely supply whatever is demanded: in this case the supply curve is the same as the demand curve.
(189) This is a strongly conceived space, with the box hedge enclosing the area in a flowing curve.
(190) Each category of debt will have its own yield curve relationships.
(191) With the upward-sloping supply curve, higher demand leads to higher interest rates and higher supply.
(192) A cooling curve is plotted and the freezing point determined.
(193) Our performance appraisal policy is clear: employee ratings have to conform to a normal bell curve.
(194) A universal calibration curve is then obtained by plotting against V R for a given carrier solvent and a fixed temperature.
(195) The governor threw them a curve when he announced that funding would be cut.
(196) The aggregate supply curve slope can be explained along rational expectations lines due to misperceptions of prices.
(197) But as the plane climbed in a steep curve above the Sussex countryside it was rocked by a sudden explosion.
(198) It is a profitable business but there is evidence of some slack time, perhaps this is a learning curve effect.
(199) Will was killed when he lost control of his car in a curve.
(200) Any such level of output will put the median voter on a higher indifference curve than would the reversion level.
(201) With a steep L curve and a shallow I curve, the effect on aggregate demand will be much greater.
(202) Aggregating activity of the samples was measured over the linear portion of the calibration curve obtained with synthetic platelet activating factor.
(203) Her professor had begun the course with an intellectual curve ball.
(204) The curve appeared to level off in 1988.
(205) It is shown that permitted load curve must be implemented in choosing crank press.
(206) The effect of texture is most significant; the smaller soil particles, the steeper the curve.
(207) The nonlinear curve of the current saturation character of input stage in the frequency domain is described and the expression for the nonlinear curve bas been derived.
(208) Experiment proves the method could detect the correct curve point group, and the ICP with this points group has a quite accuracy and speed in registration.
(209) Supposing the curved portion is a constant tool face angle curve, new mathematical models of well track design of 3D directional wells and sidetracked holes are established.
(210) According to the thermal experiment data and correction curve of heat supply units, the mathematical analysis formula of thermodynamic characteristic has been given accurately in this paper.