tangent
acnode
closed curve
circumgyrate
stationary point
swing
curl
inflectional tangent
open set
undulation
wave
outswinging
circulate
slope
tractrix
intercept
glissette
tangent line
tacnode
dull
oval
curved
conformal
ineunt
maximum
spinner
point of tangency
wheel around
curve deficiency
unpointed
curvelessness
wheel
minimum
squarely
forthright
corner
knuckle
curvy
forthrightly
simple closed curve
spiral
trochoid
pivotable
curvey
Jordan curve
gimbal
polar
round
notchy
spline
hinge
cusp
tangential
hypotrochoid
saddle
corvetto
gimlet
360-degree
radial curve
weave
bitangent
ramble
conformal mapping
isocline
transvection
pivoting
carving
multicurve
bitangential
uncurved
roulette
roll over
uncurving
convolution
swivel
vertex
pedal curve
pivot
involute
bisecant
inbend
straight
straightly
helix
verticle
subcurve
triple point
recurve
dodge
circumduct
castoring
tangent
outswinging
dull
curved
conformal
unpointed
curvy
pivotable
curvey
notchy
round
tangential
360-degree
multicurve
bitangential
uncurved
uncurving
straight
castoring
squarely
forthright
forthrightly
straightly
tangent
acnode
closed curve
stationary point
inflectional tangent
open set
undulation
wave
slope
tractrix
intercept
glissette
tangent line
tacnode
oval
ineunt
maximum
spinner
point of tangency
curve deficiency
curvelessness
minimum
knuckle
simple closed curve
spiral
trochoid
Jordan curve
polar
spline
cusp
hypotrochoid
saddle
corvetto
radial curve
bitangent
conformal mapping
isocline
transvection
pivoting
roulette
convolution
vertex
pedal curve
involute
bisecant
hinge
helix
verticle
subcurve
triple point
circumgyrate
swing
curl
circulate
wheel around
wheel
corner
gimbal
round
hinge
gimlet
weave
ramble
carving
roll over
swivel
pivot
inbend
recurve
dodge
circumduct
adj
- Touching a curve at a single point but not crossing it at that point.
- Straight; not horizontally curved.
- Of a topic, only loosely related to a main topic.
noun
- A straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there.
- A function of an angle that gives the ratio of the sine to the cosine, in either the real or complex numbers. Symbols: tan, tg.
- A topic nearly unrelated to the main topic, but having a point in common with it.
- A small metal blade in a clavichord that strikes the strings to produce sound.
- A visual interaction between two or more lines or edges that creates a perceived relationship between them, often in a way that the artist did not intend.
verb
- To turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point.
- To cause to turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point.
- To make circuits (around an area or space).
- To move around something.
- To cause to move around something; to cause to orbit.
- To be formed into a bent or curved shape (around something).
- To form into a bent or curved shape.
verb
- move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
- move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner
- change direction with a swinging motion; turn
- influence decisively
- make a big sweeping gesture or movement
- hang loosely
- hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement
- alternate dramatically between high and low values
- live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style
- have a certain musical rhythm
- be a social swinger; socialize a lot
- play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
- engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends
noun
- a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity
- mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
- a sweeping blow or stroke
- changing location by moving back and forth
- a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
- a jaunty rhythm in music
- the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
verb
- To move in curves.
- To cause to move in a curve.
- To shape (the brim of a hat) into a curve.
- To take part in the sport of curling.
- To twist or form (the hair, etc.) into ringlets.
- To exercise by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially of the biceps.
- To make into a curl or spiral.
- To assume the shape of a curl or spiral.
- To deck with, or as if with, curls; to ornament.
- To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.
noun
- A spin making the trajectory of an object curve.
- Movement of a moving rock away from a straight line.
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- The vector operator, denoted rm curl; or ⃑∇⨯⃑(·), that generates this field.
- Any exercise performed by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially those that train the biceps.
- A curved stroke or shape.
- Any of various diseases of plants causing the leaves or shoots to curl up; often specifically the potato curl.
- A pattern where the receiver appears to be running a fly pattern but after a set number of steps or yards quickly stops and turns around, looking for a pass.
- The vector field denoting the rotationality of a given vector field.
- The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the flame.
- A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.
noun
- Informally, a set such that the target point of a movement by a small amount in any direction from any point in the set is still in the set; exemplified by a full circle without its boundary.
- Most generally, a member of the topology of a given topological space.
- A set which can be described as an (arbitrary) union of open balls. Equivalently, a set such that for every point in it, there is an open ball centered at that point, such that that open ball is contained by the set.
noun
- an undulating curve
- one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
- a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
- (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
- something that rises rapidly
- the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
- a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
- a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
verb
noun
- The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point.
- An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
- A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.
- The angle a roof surface makes with the horizontal, expressed as a ratio of the units of vertical rise to the units of horizontal length (sometimes referred to as run).
- The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points on a line; zero if the line is horizontal, undefined if it is vertical.
- The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.
verb
noun
- The coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis.
- An interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call.
- A form of market research where consumers are intercepted and interviewed in a retail store or mall.
- An interception of a missile.
verb
- Of a defensive player: to steal a pass thrown by the opposing team, gaining possession of the ball.
- To take or comprehend between.
- To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).
- To gain possession of (the ball) in a ball game
- An aeronautical action in which a fighter approaches a suspicious aircraft to escort it away from a prohibited area, or approaches an enemy aircraft to shoot it down.
adj
- not having a sharp edge or point
- lacking in liveliness or animation
- emitting or reflecting very little light
- not keenly felt
verb
- make dull in appearance
- become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness
- deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- make numb or insensitive
- make dull or blunt
- become less interesting or attractive
- make less lively or vigorous
adj
- being or made softer or less loud or clear
- so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
- (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- (of business) not active or brisk
- blunted in responsiveness or sensibility
- not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft
- darkened with overcast
noun
noun
- A flat target mounted on an axis so that a ball passing through can make it spin around, usually awarding a certain number of points for every revolution it completes.
- An ornamental hubcap that spins independently of the wheel
- A conical cover at the center of some aircraft propellers.
- A record turntable or CD player.
- A spin bowler.
- The Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus).
- A type of lure consisting of wire, a rotating blade, a weighted body, and one or more hooks.
- Primarily in the adult film industry, an actress or prostitute with a tiny frame, usually very thin and small-breasted.
- A kind of dumpling, shaped by "spinning" it in the hands.
- A device that is spun in games to choose a number or symbol.
- An input control for entering a number, with accompanying arrowed buttons that increase or decrease the value.
- A spinneret.
- The coin thrower in a game of two-up.
- The dolphin Stenella longirostris.
- A spin doctor.
noun
verb
- change directions as if revolving on a pivot
- wheel somebody or something
- move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
- ride a bicycle
noun
- a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)
- a handwheel that is used for steering
- forces that provide energy and direction
- a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel
- game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling; the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in
- an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
- a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
verb
- To turn a corner or drive around a curve.
- To drive (someone or something) into a corner or other confined space.
- To put (someone) in an awkward situation.
- To get sufficient command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to manipulate its price.
- To handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning.
- To supply with corners.
- To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.
noun
- An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies.
- A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
- A cornerback.
- A place where people meet for a particular purpose.
- One of the four vertices of the strike zone.
- The group of people who assist a boxer during a bout.
- The projection into space of an angle in a solid object.
- The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point.
- An intersection of two streets; any of the four outer points off the street at that intersection.
- The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
- An embarrassing situation; a difficulty.
- The corner of the ring, which is where the boxer rests before and during a fight.
- A corner kick.
- First base or third base.
- Denoting a premises that is in a convenient local location, notionally, but not necessarily literally, on the corner of two streets.
- A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices.
noun
- The rounded point where a flat changes to a slope on a piste.
- A cut of meat.
- The curved part of the cushion at the entrance to the pockets on a cue sports table.
- A mechanical joint.
- The kneejoint of a quadruped, especially of a calf; formerly used of the kneejoint of a human being.
- Any of the joints between the phalanges of the fingers.
- A contrivance, usually of brass or iron, and furnished with points, worn to protect the hand, to add force to a blow, and to disfigure the person struck; a knuckle duster.
- A convex portion of a vessel's figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom.
verb
noun
- A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.
- A helix.
- A section of track that forms a circle and crosses over itself, used for gaining height in mountainous territory.
- A self-sustaining process with a lot of momentum involved, so it is difficult to accelerate or stop it at once.
adj
verb
adj
noun
adj
- Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.
- Having but two possible answers, yes and no.
- Having a dipole; ionic.
- Of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles.
- Of or having a pole or polarity.
- Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle.
verb
- To become shaped into a curve.
- To shape something into a curve.
- To go round, pass, go past.
- To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
- To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.
- To turn past a boundary.
- To advance to home plate.
- To encircle; to encompass.
- To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
- To do ward rounds.
- To finish; to complete; to fill out.
adj
- Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.
- Complete, whole, not lacking.
- Large in magnitude.
- Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
- Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.
- Plump.
- Consistent; fair; just; applied to conduct.
- Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.
- Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
- Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
- Vaulted.
- Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing.
- Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.
noun
- A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
- A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.
- A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
- A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
- A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
- In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
- A circular dance.
- Rotation, as in office; succession.
- A circular or repetitious route.
- A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot.
- One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.
- A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
- An assembly; a group; a circle.
- A round-top.
- A round of beef.
- A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
- A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
- A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
- A stage in a competition.
- A stage or level of a game.
- The hindquarters of a bovine.
- A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
- A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
- The play after each deal.
- A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.
- A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution.
- A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
- One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
noun
- A flexible strip of metal or other material, that may be bent into a curve and used in a similar manner to a ruler to draw smooth curves between points.
- Ridges or teeth on a drive shaft that mesh with grooves in a mating piece and transfer torque to it, maintaining the angular correspondence between them.
- A rectangular piece that fits grooves like key seats in a hub and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both must revolve together.
- Any of a number of smooth curves used to join points.
- Long thin piece of metal or wood.
- A strip of wood or other material inserted into grooves in each of two pieces of wood to provide additional surface for gluing.
verb
verb
- To move or already be positioned in such a fashion that it presents itself as rotation when an off-centre fixed point is taken into account.
- To depend on something.
- The breaking off of the distal end of a knapped stone flake whose presumed course across the face of the stone core was truncated prematurely, leaving not a feathered distal end but instead the scar of a nearly perpendicular break.
- To attach by, or equip with a hinge.
noun
- A movement that presents itself as rotation when an off-centre fixed point is taken into account.
- A principle, or a point in time, on which subsequent reasonings or events depend.
- One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south.
- A stamp hinge, a folded and gummed paper rectangle for affixing postage stamps in an album.
- The median of the upper or lower half of a batch, sample, or probability distribution.
- A naturally occurring joint resembling such hardware in form or action, as in the shell of a bivalve.
- A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc.
noun
- A point of a curve where the curve is continuous but has no derivative, but such that it has a derivative at every nearby point.
- A point made by the intersection of two curved lines or curved structures, a common motif in Gothic architecture.
- Any of the pointed parts of a canine tooth or molar.
- A point of transition.
- A flap of a valve of a heart or blood vessel.
- A boundary between zodiacal signs and houses.
- A sharp point or pointed end.
- An important moment when a decision is made that will determine future events.
verb
noun
- Synonym of saddle point (“a point in the range of a smooth function, every neighbourhood of which contains points on each side of its tangent plane”)
- The part of a denture which holds the artificial teeth.
- A low point, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills.
- Synonym of saddle reef (“a saddle-shaped bedded mineral (usually gold-bearing quartz) vein occurring along the crest of an anticline or (less common) a syncline (an inverted saddle)”)
- A cut of meat that includes both loins and part of the backbone.
- The clitellum of an earthworm (family Lumbricidae).
- In full saddle marking or saddle patch: a saddle-like marking on an animal, such as one on the back of an adult harp seal or saddleback seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), or any of numerous such markings on a boa constrictor (Boa constrictor).
- A block of wood with concave depressions at the top and bottom, usually fastened to one spar and shaped to receive the end of another.
- An equipment part, such as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.
- The part of a guitar which supports the strings and, in an acoustic guitar, transfers their vibrations through the bridge to the soundboard.
- Synonym of harness saddle (“the part of a harness which supports the weight of poles or shafts attaching a vehicle to a horse or other animal”)
- A cushion used as a seat in a cart or other vehicle.
- The immovable seat of a bicycle, motorcycle, or similar vehicle.
- Chiefly preceded by the: horse-riding as an activity or occupation.
- Synonym of saddle brown (“a medium brown colour, like that of saddle leather”)
- A seat for a rider, typically made of leather and raised in the front and rear, placed on the back of a horse or other animal, and secured by a strap around the animal's body.
- The lower part of the back of a domestic fowl, especially a male bird, bearing the saddle feathers or saddle hackles.
- A similar implement used to secure goods to animals; a packsaddle.
- The raised floorboard in a doorway.
- Synonym of saddle oxford or saddle shoe (“a shoe, resembling an oxford, which has a saddle (sense 11.1)”)
- A small sloped or tapered structure that helps channel surface water to drains.
- A piece of leather stitched across the instep of a shoe, usually having a different colour from the rest of the shoe.
- An anticline (“fold with strata sloping downwards on each side”); specifically, a depression located along the axial trend of such a fold.
- A small object (traditionally made of ebony) at the bottom of a string instrument such as a cello, viola, or violin below the tailpiece on which the tailgut (“cord securing the tailpiece to the instrument”) rests.
verb
- To enter (a trained horse) into a race.
- Chiefly followed by with: to burden or encumber (someone) with some problem or responsibility.
- Chiefly followed by on or upon: to place (a burden or responsibility) or thrust (a problem) on someone.
- To cut a saddle-shaped notch in (a log or other piece of wood) so it can fit together with other such logs or pieces; also, to fit (logs or other pieces of wood) together with this method.
- To put (something) on to another thing like a saddle on an animal.
- To put a saddle on an animal.
- To put a saddle (noun sense 1) on (an animal).
- Of a person: to get into a saddle.
noun
verb
- To move by turning and twisting.
- To unite by close connection or intermixture.
- To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
- To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate.
- To spin a cocoon or a web.
- To make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side.
- To move the head back and forth in a stereotyped pattern, typically as a symptom of stress.
noun
verb
- To move about aimlessly, or on a winding course
- To lead the life of a vagabond or itinerant; to move about with no fixed place of address.
- To talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions.
- To follow a winding path or course.
- To walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter.
noun
noun
- A kind of linear mapping which leaves all points on one axis fixed, while other points are shifted parallel to the axis by a distance proportional to their perpendicular distance from the axis
- The act of supernatural flight, such as by a witch.
- An epigenetic interaction between an allele on one chromosome and the corresponding allele on the homologous chromosome
adj
noun
- The locus of a point on a plane curve that rolls without slipping along another fixed plane curve.
- Any of the small incisions on a sheet of stamps, used as an alternative to perforations.
- A cylindrical curler for the hair.
- A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.
- An instance of risk-taking, especially when the downside exceeds the upside (contrary to the game of roulette where only the wager is lost).
- A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to produce rows of dots.
- A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint.
verb
adj
noun
- One 360° turn in a spring or similar helix.
- A mathematical operation on two functions that produces a third that expresses how the shape of one is modified by the other; the integral of the product of the two functions after one is reflected about the y-axis and shifted along the x-axis.
- The shape of something rotating; a vortex.
- Any of the folds on the surface of the brain.
- A twist or fold.
- The state or condition of being convoluted.
- A function which maps a tuple of sequences into a sequence of tuples.
noun
- The point at which an axis meets a curve or surface.
- One of the elements of a graph joined or not by edges to other vertices.
- A point in 3D space, usually given in terms of its Cartesian coordinates.
- The point where the surface of a lens crosses the optical axis.
- An interaction point.
- The common point of the two rays that form an angle.
- A sharp downward point opposite a crotch, as in the letters "V" and "W" but not "Y".
- The point where the prime vertical meets the ecliptic in the western hemisphere of a natal chart.
- A point on the curve with a local minimum or maximum of curvature.
- The highest surface on the skull; the crown of the head.
- The highest point, top or apex of something.
noun
adj
- Turned inward at the margin, like the exterior lip of the shells of species in genus Cypraea.
- Difficult to understand; complicated.
- Having a complex pattern of coils in which younger whorls only partly surround older ones.
- Rolled inward spirally.
- Having the edges rolled with the adaxial side outward.
verb
adj
- free from curves or angles
- having no deviations
- (of hair) having no waves or curls
- characterized by honesty and fairness
- no longer coiled
adj
- successive (without a break)
- erect in posture
- in keeping with the facts
- neatly arranged; not disorderly
- not homosexual
- accurately fitted; level
- without evasion or compromise
- (of an alcoholic drink) without water
- following a correct or logical method
- rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
noun
- a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
- a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
- a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
adv
noun
- A point where a curve or surface intersects itself along three arcs.
- The intersection of an occluded front, cold front, and warm front.
- The unique temperature and pressure at which the solid, liquid and gas phases of a substance are all in equilibrium.
- A point where the incident shock wave, the reflected shock wave, the Mach stem, and one slipstream meet.
- The point where two boundaries, such as a dry line, outflow boundary, or cold front, intersect.
- A point where three plates intersect.
verb
noun
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