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 |
| figure skating | ice skating where the skates trace outlines of selected figures |
| figure | a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating, she made the best score on compulsory figures |
| figure eight | a skating figure that carves an in the ice |
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 |
design
pattern
figure | a decorative or artistic work, the coach had a design on the doors |
| figure | a model of a bodily form (especially of a person), he made a figure of Santa Claus |
figure eight
figure of eight | a knot having the shape of the numeral , tied in a rope that has been passed through a hole or pulley and that prevents the rope from coming loose |
figure loom
figured-fabric loom | a loom for weaving figured fabrics |
| figure skate | an ice skate worn for figure skating, has a slightly curved blade and a row of jagged points at the front of the blade |
| lay figure | dummy in the form of an artist's jointed model of the human body |
| stick figure | drawing of a human or animal that represents the head by a circle and the rest of the body by straight lines |
terminus terminal figure
term | (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar, originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome |
waxwork
wax figure | an effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax |
| figure | the impression produced by a person, he cut a fine figure, a heroic figure |
| curvature curve | the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface |
number
figure | the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals, he had a number of chores to do, the number of parameters is small, the figure was about a thousand |
e human body
physical body
material body
soma
build
figure
physique
anatomy
shape
bod
chassis
frame form
flesh | alternative names for the body of a human being, Leonardo studied the human body, he has a strong physique, the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak |
| figure | a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground |
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 |
figure
fig | a diagram or picture illustrating textual material, the area covered can be seen from Figure |
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) |
trope
figure of speech
figure image | language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense |
| authority figure | someone who is regarded as an authority by someone else |
father figure
father surrogate | a man who takes over all the functions of the real father |
| father-figure | a man (often a powerful or influential man) who arouses emotions usually felt for your real father and with whom you identify psychologically |
| mother figure | a woman who evokes the feelings usually reserved for a mother |
name
figure
public figure | a well-known or notable person, they studied all the great names in the history of France, she is an important figure in modern music |
Bowditch
Nathaniel Bowditch | United States mathematician and astronomer noted for his works on navigation (-) |
| figure | an amount of money expressed numerically, a figure of $ was suggested |
digit
figure | one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration, and are digits |
significant digit
significant figure | any digit of a number that is known with certainty, any digit of a number beginning with the leftmost non-zero digit and ending with the rightmost non-zero digit (or a zero considered to be the exact value), he calculated the answer to four significant figures |
| exponential curve | a graph of an exponential function |
| figure of merit | a numerical expression representing the efficiency of a given system, material, or procedure |
| figure | a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape |
plane figure
two-dimensional figure | a two-dimensional shape |
solid figure
three-dimensional figure | a three-dimensional shape |
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 |
| figure ,u | understand, He didn't figure her |
solve
work out figure out
puzzle out
lick
work d | find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of, did you solve the problem?, Work out your problems with the boss, this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out, did you get it?, Did you get my meaning?, He could not work the math problem |