curvilinear
or cur·vi·lin·e·al
[kur-vuh-lin-ee-er]
- consisting of or bounded by curved lines: a curvilinear figure.
- forming or moving in a curved line.
- formed or characterized by curved lines.
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Origin of curvilinear
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arced, arched, arciform, bending, bent, bowed, rounded, arching, arcuateExamples from the Web for curvilinear
Contemporary Examples of curvilinear
Silvestre Varela was hurtling toward the U.S. goal when Ronaldo fed him a pass of curvilinear purity.
Historical Examples of curvilinear
There are the degrees of direction of line, curvilinear or angular.
Line and Form (1900)Walter Crane
The same principle is true of designs upon the curvilinear plan.
Line and Form (1900)Walter Crane
It would be the same with the quadrature of curvilinear areas.
The philosophy of mathematicsAuguste Comte
Who can decide between rectilinear and curvilinear geometry?
The Works of Honor de BalzacHonor de Balzac
Who shall decide between rectalinear and curvilinear geometry?
SeraphitaHonore de Balzac
curvilinear
curvilineal
- consisting of, bounded by, or characterized by a curved line
- along a curved linecurvilinear motion
- maths (of a set of coordinates) determined by or determining a system of three orthogonal surfaces
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curvilinear
[kûr′və-lĭn′ē-ər]
- Formed, bounded, or characterized by curved lines.
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