S-curve
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of S-curve
First recorded in 1975–80
Example Sentences
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Other mechanisms may generate S-curve kinks in the magnetic field, he says, such as atmospheric turbulence in the Sun’s ambient magnetic field.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 13, 2022
Once the line is complete, gently create an S-curve in the line to make the river shape.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2021
Condron’s father, Virgil, bought the Shell gas station in 1958 on the S-curve in Gardnerville from Dixie Bath.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 26, 2015
Snow white, with a lemon-yellow beak, it perches on a dead branch against a gray sky, head turned backward over its body and its neck forming an S-curve.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2015
First there was a very high iron bridge, as high-arched as a rainbow, and after a bit of low stone bridge built in the shape of an S-curve, and I was on Deer Isle.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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