simple arc

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noun Mathematics.

a curve that does not cross itself and has no points missing; a curve that can be put into one-to-one correspondence with the closed interval from 0 to 1.

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Also called Jordan arc.

Words nearby simple arc

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Example sentences from the Web for simple arc

The simple, awful truth is that free speech has never been particularly popular in America.
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The reason pilots would choose to use guns over a bomb or a missile is simple.
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Still, I worry that a simple traffic stop could have tragic consequences.
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“It is the hardest to play,” one of the buglers says of this seemingly simple tune.
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The premise was simple: satire is devastating against tyrants.
The Sony Hack and America’s Craven Capitulation To Terror|David Keyes|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In this position, the line of cavalry formed the chord of the arc described by the river, and occupied by us.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Smith's method usually gives good results, as does also the more simple method of Hiss (p. 263).
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
It was a mighty simple transaction, but it produced some startling results for me, that same coin-spinning.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Let us look over these points again, and make the matter still clearer and more simple.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
If I selected lucid and simple extracts, they would give no idea of the intricacy and prolixity of Duns.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor

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