Found 3 items, similar to curve.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: curve belengkikan, belit, belok, belokan, bengkang, berbiku-biku, berkelok, enggokan, gelung, gelungan, kelok, liku, membelengkik, membentuk, mencembung, mencembungkan, tikungan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: curve curve v 1: turn sharply; change direction abruptly; “The car cut to the left at the intersection”; “The motorbike veered to the right” [syn: swerve, sheer, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut] 2: extend in curves and turns; “The road winds around the lake” [syn: wind] 3: form an arch or curve; “her back arches”; “her hips curve nicely” [syn: arch, arc] 4: bend or cause to bend; “He crooked his index finger”; “the road curved sharply” [syn: crook] 5: form a curl, curve, or kink; “the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling” [syn: curl, kink] curve n 1: the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes [syn: curved shape] [ant: straight line] 2: a line on a graph representing data 3: a baseball thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approach the batter [syn: curve ball, breaking ball, bender] 4: the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface [syn: curvature] 5: curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.) [syn: bend]
English → English (gcide) Definition: curve Adiabatic \Ad`i*a*bat"ic\, a. [Gr. ? not passable; 'a priv. + ? through + ? to go.] (Physics) Not giving out or receiving heat. -- Ad`i*a*bat`ic*al*ly, adv. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Note: The adiabatic expansion of carbon dioxide from a compressed container causes the temperature of the gas to decrease rapidly below its freezing point, resulting in the familiar carbon dioxide “snow” emitted by carbon dioxide fire extinguishers. [PJC.] Adiabatic line or curve, a curve exhibiting the variations of pressure and volume of a fluid when it expands without either receiving or giving out heat. --Rankine. [1913 Webster]