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CURVED SHAPE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
Synonyms:
curve; curved shape
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("curved shape" is a kind of...):
line (a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "curved shape"):
line roulette; roulette (a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure)
lemniscate (any of several plane algebraic curves in the shape of a figure eight)
quadric; quadric surface (a curve or surface whose equation (in Cartesian coordinates) is of the second degree)
crescent (any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters)
arc; bow (something curved in shape)
bell; bell shape; campana (the shape of a bell)
arch (a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening)
sinuosity; sinuousness (having curves)
perversion (a curve that reverses the direction of something)
helix; spiral (a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle)
spiral (a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center)
crenation; crenature; crenel; crenelle; scallop (one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.))
arc (a continuous portion of a circle)
envelope (a curve that is tangent to each of a family of curves)
crotchet; hook (a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook)
bend; crook; turn; twist (a circular segment of a curve)
intrados (the interior curve of an arch)
gooseneck (something in a thin curved form (like the neck of a goose))
extrados (the exterior curve of an arch)
undulation; wave (an undulating curve)
Cupid's bow (the double curve of the upper lip when considered to resemble Cupid's bow)
catenary (the curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and inextensible cord of uniform density and cross section hanging freely from two fixed points)
S-shape (a double curve resembling the letter S)
closed curve (a curve (such as a circle) having no endpoints)
meander (a bend or curve, as in a stream or river)
bell-shaped curve; Gaussian curve; Gaussian shape; normal curve (a symmetrical curve representing the normal distribution)
