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Phrases 134
- learning curveA visualization of the progress of learning as function of experience.
- behind the curveOut of date.
- above the curveWith above average innovative performance or quality, especially a trailblazer developing advances before competitors.
- demand curveA graph depicting the relationship between the price of a certain commodity and the amount of it that consumers are willing and able to purchase at that given price.
- yield curveThe relation between the interest rate (or cost of borrowing) and the time to maturity of the debt for a given borrower in a given currency.
- light curvea graph of the intensity of radiation from an astronomical object as it changes with time
- bell curveThe bell-shaped curve that is typical of the normal distribution.
- French curveA drafting template having edges of various curvatures, used for drawing smoothly-curved lines.
- ahead of the curveChanging before competitors.
- supply curvethe graph depicting the relationship between the price of a certain commodity and the amount of it that producers are willing and able to supply at that given price
- elliptic curveThe algebraic set of an equation which equates the square of one variable to a reduced cubic polynomial in another variable, over some field, and such that the discriminant of the reduced cubic is non-zero.
- Bézier curveA type of parametric curve defined by a set of control points, two of which are the ends of the curve, while the others determine its shape.
- flatten the curveTo reduce the rate at which an infection spreads during an epidemic, decreasing the number of active cases at any given time by increasing the period of time over which numbers of similar cases occur.
- Jordan curveA non-self-intersecting continuous loop in the plane; a simple closed curve.
- reverse curveA curve to the left or right which immediately curves in the opposite direction, and which is basically S-shaped.
- S-curveLogistic growth, or a graph detailing it.
- curve-billed thrasherA non-migratory species of mimid native to the southwestern United States and much of Mexico, Toxostoma curvirostre.
- throw a curveAlternative form of throw someone a curve: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To pitch a curve ball.
- rotation curvefor a galaxy, a plot of the orbital velocity of objects with respect to the center of the galaxy, as a function of the distance between the two
- Allen curveA graphical representation that reveals the exponential drop in frequency of communication between engineers as the distance between them increases.
- closed curveA map from the circle, S¹, to a topological space.^((McLarty, p. 4))
- open curveAny curve where its two endpoints do not touch.
- simple curveAny curve that never crosses itself.
- space curveAny curve in three-dimensional space; includes any plane curve as a subset.
- cubic curveA plane curve defined by an equation whose highest degree is 3. Formally, the set of solutions to an equation of the form
Compound words 36
- curvilinearHaving bends; curved; curvilineal.
- curveballA forespin pitch thrown by rotating the index and middle fingers down and resulting in motion down "curve"
- curvaceousHaving shapely and voluptuous curves; curvy.
- lightcurveAlternative spelling of light curve: a graph of the intensity of radiation from an astronomical object as it changes with time
- curvationThe act of curving or bending, or the shape of the resulting curve; curvature.
- curvimeterA device for measuring the length of curves, such as on a map
- countercurveA curve running in the opposite direction to another curve.
- outcurveA ball, thrown by the pitcher, that curves away from the batter.
- curvesomeCurvy.
- decurveTo remove a curve from.