'Curve of pursuit' definitions:
Definition of 'Curve of pursuit'
From: GCIDE
- Pursuit \Pur*suit"\, n. [F. poursuite, fr. poursuivre. See Pursue, v. t.]
- 1. The act of following or going after; esp., a following with haste, either for sport or in hostility; chase; prosecution; as, the pursuit of game; the pursuit of an enemy. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
- Weak we are, and can not shun pursuit. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A following with a view to reach, accomplish, or obtain; endeavor to attain to or gain; as, the pursuit of knowledge; the pursuit of happiness or pleasure. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Course of business or occupation; continued employment with a view to same end; as, mercantile pursuits; a literary pursuit. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Law) Prosecution. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- That pursuit for tithes ought, and of ancient time did pertain to the spiritual court. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- Curve of pursuit (Geom.), a curve described by a point which is at each instant moving towards a second point, which is itself moving according to some specified law. [1913 Webster]