curvilinear
Americanadjective
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consisting of or bounded by curved lines.
a curvilinear figure.
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forming or moving in a curved line.
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formed or characterized by curved lines.
adjective
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consisting of, bounded by, or characterized by a curved line
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along a curved line
curvilinear motion
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maths (of a set of coordinates) determined by or determining a system of three orthogonal surfaces
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She was eager to discuss her paintings and her career, especially her exhibition at the Menil Collection in Houston, “Virginia Jaramillo: The Curvilinear Paintings, 1969—1974,” on view from Sept. 26 to July 3.
From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2020
Curvilinear Cinemactress Joan Blondell got herself a fresh hairdo, a new fur coat, headed for Greenland and Iceland to entertain the armed forces.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Decorated style may be divided as regards its windows into two classes—Geometric and Curvilinear.
From Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them by Heath, Sidney
Curvilinear, kur-vi-lin′i-ar, Curvilineal, kur-vi-lin′i-al, adj. bounded by curved lines.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Curvilinear roofs possess advantages over those of a straight pitch which may be briefly summed up as follows: 1.
From Woodward's Graperies and Horticultural Buildings by Woodward, George E. (George Evertson)
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