'Curved' definitions:
Definition of 'curved'
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Definition of 'Curved'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'curved'
From: GCIDE
- curved \curved\ adj.
- 1. not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of straight.
- Note: [Narrower terms: {arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed}; falcate, sickle-shaped; flexuous; incurvate, incurved: recurved, recurvate; semicircular: serpentine, snaky: {sinuate, sinuous, wavy}: sinusoidal]
- Syn: curving. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. (Botany) curved with the micropyle near the base almost touching its stalk; -- of a plant ovule. Opposite of orthotropous.
- Syn: campylotropous. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'curved'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arched,
- arciform,
- bending,
- bent,
- billowing,
- billowy,
- bowed,
- curvaceous,
- curvate,
- curvated,
- curve,
- curvesome,
- curviform,
- curvilineal,
- curvilinear,
- curving,
- curvy,
- embowed,
- excurved,
- geosynclinal,
- incurvate,
- incurvated,
- incurved,
- incurving,
- labyrinthine,
- mazy,
- meandering,
- recurvate,
- recurvated,
- recurved,
- recurving,
- round,
- rounded,
- serpentine,
- sinuous,
- tortuous,
- twisted,
- twisting,
- undulant,
- wavy
Words containing 'Curved'
- Curve,
- Curving,
- Axis of a curve,
- Caustic curve,
- Center of a curve,
- Class of a curve,
- Curve of pursuit,
- Curve of sines,
- Curve tracing,
- Deficiency of a curve,
- Degree of a curve,
- Diametral curve,
- Dioptric curve,
- Elastic curve,
- Equating for curves,
- Equation of a curve,
- Expansion curve,
- Exponential curve,
- Family of curves,
- Foliate curve,
- Funicular curve,
- Geodetic curve,
- Geometrical curve,
- Isodiabatic curves,
- Kinematic curves,
- Logarithmic curve,
- Loxodromic curve,
- Magnetic curves,
- Muscle curve,
- Paracentric curve,
- Pedal curve,
- Plane curve,
- Reverse curve,
- Skew curve,
- The flexure of a curve,
- Transcendental curve,
- Trigonometrical curve,
- Twisted curve,
- Vertex of a curve,
- blind curve,
- characteristic curve,
- closed curve,
- curve ball,
- curved shape,
- gaussian curve,
- jordan curve,
- laffer curve,
- learning curve,
- normal curve,
- regression curve,
- sine curve,
- Center of curvature of a curve,
- Curve of quickest descent,
- Intrinsic equation of a curve,
- Isolated point of a curve,
- Osculating circle of a curve,
- Singular point in a curve,
- curve-veined,
- simple closed curve,
- To develop a curved surface on a plane,
- bell-shaped curve,
- frequency-response curve