Result from Foreign Dictionaries (7 entries found)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Adiabatic \Ad`i*a*bat"ic\, a. [Gr. 'adia`batos not passable; 'a priv. + dia` through + bai`nein to go.] (Physics) Not giving out or receiving heat. -- {Ad`i*a*bat`ic*al*ly}, adv. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Note: The adiabatic expansion of carbon dioxide from a compressed container causes the temperature of the gas to decrease rapidly below its freezing point, resulting in the familiar carbon dioxide "snow" emitted by carbon dioxide fire extinguishers. [PJC.] {Adiabatic line} or {curve}, a curve exhibiting the variations of pressure and volume of a fluid when it expands without either receiving or giving out heat. --Rankine. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Curve \Curve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curved} (k[^u]rvd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Curving}.] [L. curvare., fr. curvus. See {Curve}, a., {Curb}.] To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball in pitching it. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Curve \Curve\ (k[^u]rv), a. [L. curvus bent, curved. See {Cirb}.] Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Curve \Curve\, n. [See {Curve}, a., {Cirb}.] 1. A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geom.) A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a straight line. [1913 Webster] {Axis of a curve}. See under {Axis}. {Curve of quickest descent}. See {Brachystochrone}. {Curve tracing} (Math.), the process of determining the shape, location, singular points, and other peculiarities of a curve from its equation. {Plane curve} (Geom.), a curve such that when a plane passes through three points of the curve, it passes through all the other points of the curve. Any other curve is called a {curve of double curvature}, or a {twisted curve}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Curve \Curve\, v. i. To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: curve n 1: the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes [syn: {curve}, {curved shape}] [ant: {straight line}] 2: a line on a graph representing data 3: a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter [syn: {curve}, {curve ball}, {breaking ball}, {bender}] 4: the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface [syn: {curvature}, {curve}] 5: curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.) [syn: {bend}, {curve}] v 1: turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" [syn: {swerve}, {sheer}, {curve}, {trend}, {veer}, {slue}, {slew}, {cut}] 2: extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest" [syn: {wind}, {twist}, {curve}] 3: form an arch or curve; "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely" [syn: {arch}, {curve}, {arc}] 4: bend or cause to bend; "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply" [syn: {crook}, {curve}] 5: form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling" [syn: {curl}, {curve}, {kink}] From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: curve /kɵrvə/ bend; curve