curve curve ball breaking ball bender | a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter |
liquidation settlement | termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities |
viatical settlement viaticus settlement | sale of an insurance policy by a terminally ill policy holder |
workload work load | work that a person is expected to do in a specified time |
case load | the number of cases handled in a given period of time (as by a court or agency) |
load-shedding | cutting off the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply |
colonization colonisation settlement | the act of colonizing, the establishment of colonies, the British colonization of America |
bend curve | curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.) |
blind curve blind bend | a curve or bend in the road that you cannot see around as you are driving |
cargo lading freight load loading payload shipment consignment | goods carried by a large vehicle |
dead load | a constant load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) due to the weight of the supported structure itself |
live load superload | a variable load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) such as moving traffic |
load loading burden | weight to be borne or conveyed |
load | electrical device to which electrical power is delivered |
settlement house | a center in an underprivileged area that provides community services |
warhead payload load | the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents |
curvature curve | the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface |
settlement resolution closure | something settled or resolved, the outcome of decision making, they finally reached a settlement with the union, they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences, he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure |
burden load encumbrance incumbrance onus | an onerous or difficult concern, the burden of responsibility, that's a load off my mind |
normal curve bell-shaped curve Gaussian curve Gaussian shape | a symmetrical curve representing the normal distribution |
regression line regression curve | a smooth curve fitted to the set of paired data in regression analysis, for linear regression the curve is a straight line |
marriage contract marriage settlement | a prenuptial agreement or contract |
frequencyesponse curve frequencyesponse characteristic | (electronics) a graph of frequency response with signal amplitude or gain plotted against frequency |
curve | a line on a graph representing data |
characteristic curve characterisic function | (electronics) graph showing how a particular characteristic of a device varies with other parameters |
Laffer curve | a graph purporting to show the relation between tax rates and government income, income increases as tax rates increase up to an optimum beyond which income declines |
learning curve | a graph showing the rate of learning (especially a graph showing the amount recalled as a function of the number of attempts to recall) |
settlement | a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it |
out-ofourt settlement | resolution of a dispute prior to the rendering of a final decision by the trial court |
property settlement | (matrimonial law) the division of property owned or acquired by marriage partners during their marriage |
village small town settlement | a community of people smaller than a town |
colony settlement | a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland, inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government, the American colony in Paris |
frontier settlement outpost | a settlement on the frontier of civilization |
load line Plimsoll line Plimsoll mark Plimsoll | waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded |
settlement | an area where a group of families live together |
lode load | a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks |
load | the power output of a generator or power plant |
viatical settlement | cash derived from sale of an insurance policy by a terminally ill policy holder |
load | an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate, he got a load on and started a brawl |
load loading | a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time, the system broke down under excessive loads |
exponential curve | a graph of an exponential function |
load factor | (aeronautics) the ratio of an external load to the weight of the aircraft (measured in g) |
curve curved shape | the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes |
closed curve | a curve (such as a circle) having no endpoints |
simple closed curve Jordan curve | a closed curve that does not intersect itself |
sine curve sinusoid | the curve of ysin x |
curl curve kink | form a curl, curve, or kink, the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling |
load adulterate stretch f dilute debase | corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance, often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones, adulterate liquor |
pack load down | load with a pack |
load lade laden load up | fill or place a load on, load a car, load the truck with hay |