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 |
mix commixture admixture mixture intermixture mixing | the act of mixing together, paste made by a mix of flour and water, the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio |
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 |
block diagram | a diagram showing the interconnections between the components of system (especially an electronic system) |
Bordeaux mixture | antifungal agent consisting of a solution of copper sulphate and quicklime |
diagram | a drawing intended to explain how something works, a drawing showing the relation between the parts |
explosive mixture | a mixture that is explosive |
smoking mixture | a blend of tobaccos to be smoked in a pipe |
Venn diagram Venn's diagram | a diagram that uses circles to represent mathematical or logical sets pictorially inside a rectangle (the universal set), elements that are common to more than one set are represented by intersections of the circles |
wiring diagram | a schematic drawing of the wiring of an electrical system |
heather mixture heather | interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish shades with flecks of color |
curvature curve | the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface |
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 |
flow chart flowchart flow diagram flow sheet | a diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system |
logic diagram logical diagram | a graphical representation of a program using formal logic |
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) |
radiation pattern radiation diagram pattern | graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle |
mix mixture | an event that combines things in a mixture, a gradual mixture of cultures |
concoction mixture intermixture | any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients, he volunteered to taste her latest concoction, he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade |
a assortment mixture mixed bag miscellany miscellanea variety salmagundi smorgasbord potpourri motley a aa | a collection containing a variety of sorts of things, a great assortment of cars was on display, he had a variety of disorders, a veritable smorgasbord of religions |
exponential curve | a graph of an exponential function |
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 |
tree tree diagram | a figure that branches from a single root, genealogical tree |
mixture | (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding) |
mechanical mixture | a mixture whose components can be separated by mechanical means |
freezing mixture | a mixture of substances (usually salt and ice) to obtain a temperature below the freezing point of water |
lamellar mixture | a mixture in which substances occur in distinct layers |
curl curve kink | form a curl, curve, or kink, the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling |
diagram plot | make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed |
swerve sheer curve trend veer slue slew cut | turn sharply, change direction abruptly, The car cut to the left at the intersection, The motorbike veered to the right |
crook curve | bend or cause to bend, He crooked his index finger, the road curved sharply |
arch curve arc | form an arch or curve, her back arches, her hips curve nicely |
wind twist curve | extend in curves and turns, The road winds around the lake, the path twisted through the forest |