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curvicostate |
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curviform |
curvilinead |
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curvilinear
| curvilinear correlation
| curvilinear regression
| curvilinearity
| curvilinearly
| curvinerved
curvilinear
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective curvilinear has 1 sense
- curvilinear(s = adj.all) curvilineal - characterized by or following a curved line; "curvilinear tracery"; "curvilinear motion"
CIDE DICTIONARY
curvilinear, a. [L. curvus bent + E. lineal, linear.].
Consisting of, or bounded by, curved lines; as, a curvilinear figure. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
curvilinear, adj. contained by or consisting of curved lines.
Derivative
curvilinearly adv.
Etymology
CURVI- after rectilinear
ROGET THESAURUS
curvilinear
Curvature
N curvature, curvity, curvation, incurvature, incurvity, incurvation, bend, flexure, flexion, flection, conflexure, crook, hook, bought, bending, deflection, deflexion, inflection, inflexion, concameration, arcuation, devexity, turn, deviation, detour, sweep, curl, curling, bough, recurvity, recurvation, sinuosity, kink, carve, arc, arch, arcade, vault, bow, crescent, half-moon, lunule, horseshoe, loop, crane neck, parabola, hyperbola, helix, spiral, catenary, festoon, conchoid, cardioid, caustic, tracery, arched ceiling, arched roof, bay window, bow window, sine curve, spline, spline curve, spline function, obliquity, curved, curviform, curvilineal, curvilinear, devex, devious, recurved, recurvous, crump, bowed, vaulted, hooked, falciform, falcated, semicircular, crescentic, sinusoid, parabolic, paraboloid, luniform, lunular, semilunar, conchoidal, helical, double helical, spiral, kinky, cordiform, cordated, cardioid, heart shaped, bell shaped, boat shaped, crescent shaped, lens shaped, moon shaped, oar shaped, shield shaped, sickle shaped, tongue shaped, pear shaped, fig shaped, kidney-shaped, reniform, lentiform, lenticular, bow-legged, oblique, circular, aduncated, arclike, arcuate, arched, beaked, bicorn, bicornuous, bicornute, clypeate, clypeiform, cymbiform, embowed, galeiform, hamate, hamiform, hamous, hooked, linguiform, lingulate, lobiform, lunate, navicular, peltate, remiform, rhamphoid, rostrate, rostriferous, rostroid, scutate, scaphoid, uncate, unguiculate, unguiform.
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