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curve
English
Etymology
From Latin curvus (“bent, curved”). Doublet of curb.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k??v/, [?k???v]
- (General American) IPA(key): /k?v/, [?k??v]
- Rhymes: -??(?)v
Adjective
curve
- (obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved.
Translations
Noun
curve (plural curves)
- A gentle bend, such as in a road.
- A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
- A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.
- (analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
- (geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
- (algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
- (topology) A one-dimensional continuum.
- (informal, usually in the plural) The attractive shape of a woman's body.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
curve (third-person singular simple present curves, present participle curving, simple past and past participle curved)
- (transitive) To bend; to crook.
- (transitive) To cause to swerve from a straight course.
- (intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
- (transitive) To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).
- (transitive) (slang) To reject, to turn down romantic advances.
Translations
Anagrams
- cruve
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin curvus (“bent, curved”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?r.v?/
- Hyphenation: cur?ve
Noun
curve f (plural curven or curves, diminutive curvetje n)
- curve: curved line
- Synonym: kromme
Derived terms
Italian
Adjective
curve
- feminine plural of curvo
Noun
curve f
- plural of curva
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?kur.u?e/, [?k?ru??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?kur.ve/, [?kurv?]
Adjective
curve
- vocative masculine singular of curvus
Portuguese
Verb
curve
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of curvar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of curvar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of curvar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of curvar
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?kurve]
Noun
curve f
- plural of curv?
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ku?be/, [?ku?.??e]
Verb
curve
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of curvar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of curvar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of curvar.
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excess
English
Etymology
From Middle English exces (“excess, ecstasy”), from Old French exces, from Latin excessus (“a going out, loss of self-possession”), from excedere, excessum (“to go out, go beyond”). See exceed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?s?s/, /?k?s?s/, /?k.?s?s/, /??ks?s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Noun
excess (countable and uncountable, plural excesses)
- The state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, King John, act 4, scene 2:
- To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,
- To throw a perfume on the violet, . . .
- Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.
- c. 1690, William Walsh, "Jealosy", in The Poetical Works of William Walsh (1797), page 19 (Google preview):
- That kills me with excess of grief, this with excess of joy.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, King John, act 4, scene 2:
- The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder.
- An act of eating or drinking more than enough.
- :
- And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book III:
- Fair Angel, thy desire . . .
- . . . leads to no excess
- That reaches blame
- :
- (geometry) Spherical excess, the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle.
- (Britain, insurance) A condition on an insurance policy by which the insured pays for a part of the claim.
Synonyms
- (state of surpassing limits): See Thesaurus:excess
- (US, insurance): deductible
Antonyms
- deficiency
Derived terms
- in excess of
- spherical excess
- to excess
Related terms
- exceed
- excessive
Translations
Adjective
excess (not comparable)
- More than is normal, necessary or specified.
Derived terms
- excess baggage
- excess kurtosis
- excess return
- nonexcess
- refractory anaemia with excess blasts
Verb
excess (third-person singular simple present excesses, present participle excessing, simple past and past participle excessed)
- (US, transitive) To declare (an employee) surplus to requirements, such that he or she might not be given work.
See also
- usury
Further reading
- excess in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- excess in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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