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 |
annealing
tempering | hardening something by heat treatment |
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 |
| 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 |
| metallurgy | the science and technology of metals |
| powder metallurgy | the metallurgy of powdered metals, how to produce solid metal objects from powdered metal by compaction and sintering |
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) |
| 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 |
curl
curve
kink | form a curl, curve, or kink, the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling |
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 |
| tempering | moderating by making more temperate |