| slovo | definícia |
curve
(mass) | curve
- zatáčka, krivka, zatočiť |
curve
(encz) | curve,křivka n: [mat.] |
curve
(encz) | curve,zakřivení n: Zdeněk Brož |
curve
(encz) | curve,zakřivit v: Zdeněk Brož |
curve
(encz) | curve,zatáčka n: [amer.] Ritchie |
curve
(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.
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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.
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Curve
(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.
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Curve
(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.
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Curve
(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.
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2. (Geom.) A line described according to some low, and having
no finite portion of it a straight line.
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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.
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Curve
(gcide) | Curve \Curve\, v. i.
To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the
road curves to the right.
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curve
(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] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
curve
(mass) | curve
- zatáčka, krivka, zatočiť |
curved
(mass) | curved
- zakrivený |
aggregate demand curve
(encz) | aggregate demand curve,křivka agregované poptávky [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
aggregate supply curve
(encz) | aggregate supply curve,křivka agregované nabídky [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
ahead of the curve
(encz) | ahead of the curve,mít lepší výkon Zdeněk Brož |
bathtub curve
(encz) | bathtub curve,vanová křivka n: [mat.] [el.] závislost pravděpodobnosti
poruchy na čase parkmaj |
behind the curve
(encz) | behind the curve,mít horší výsledky Zdeněk Brož |
biological curve
(encz) | biological curve,biologická křivka (závlahy) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
catenary curve
(encz) | catenary curve,řetězovka Oldřich Švec |
characteristic curve
(encz) | characteristic curve, n: |
closed curve
(encz) | closed curve, n: |
curve
(encz) | curve,křivka n: [mat.] curve,zakřivení n: Zdeněk Brožcurve,zakřivit v: Zdeněk Brožcurve,zatáčka n: [amer.] Ritchie |
curve ball
(encz) | curve ball, n: |
curved
(encz) | curved,zakřivený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
curved shape
(encz) | curved shape, n: |
curves
(encz) | curves,křivky n: pl. Zdeněk Brožcurves,ohyby n: pl. Zdeněk Brožcurves,zakřivení n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
curvet
(encz) | curvet, n: |
curvey
(encz) | curvey, adj: |
decurved
(encz) | decurved, adj: |
demand curve
(encz) | demand curve,poptávková křivka [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
demand curves
(encz) | demand curves, for diversity,poptávkové křivky, pro
diverzitu [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
depression curve
(encz) | depression curve,depresní křivka [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
downward-sloping curve
(encz) | downward-sloping curve, |
exponential curve
(encz) | exponential curve, n: |
frequency-response curve
(encz) | frequency-response curve, n: |
incurved
(encz) | incurved, adj: |
indifference curve
(encz) | indifference curve,indiferenční křivka [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
industry long-run supply curve
(encz) | industry long-run supply curve,křivka dlouhodobé odvětvové
nabídky [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
industry short-run supply curve
(encz) | industry short-run supply curve,křivka krátkodobé odvětvové
nabídky [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
inverse yield curve
(encz) | inverse yield curve, |
kinked curve
(encz) | kinked curve, |
kinked demand curve
(encz) | kinked demand curve,zalomená poptávková křivka [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
laffer curve
(encz) | Laffer Curve,Lafferova křivka |
learning curve
(encz) | learning curve, |
logistic s-curve
(encz) | logistic S-curve,logistická s-křivka [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
long-run average cost curve
(encz) | long-run average cost curve,křivka dlouhodobých průměrných
nákladů [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
lorenz curve.
(encz) | Lorenz Curve.,Lorenzova křivka [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
market demand curve
(encz) | market demand curve,tržní poptávková křivka [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
nonconvex pollution curves
(encz) | nonconvex pollution curves,nekonvexní křivky znečištění [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
normal curve
(encz) | normal curve, n: |
normal distribution curve
(encz) | normal distribution curve, |
oxygen curve
(encz) | oxygen curve,kyslíková čára (hydrochemie) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
oxygen sag curve
(encz) | oxygen sag curve,kyslíkový průhyb (hydrochemie) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
phillips curve.
(encz) | Phillips Curve.,Phillipsova křivka [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
production possibilities curve
(encz) | production possibilities curve,křivka výrobních možností [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
production possibility curve
(encz) | production possibility curve, |
recurve
(encz) | recurve, v: |
recurved
(encz) | recurved, adj: |
regression curve
(encz) | regression curve, n: |
schaefer curve.
(encz) | Schaefer Curve.,Schaeferova křivka [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
simple closed curve
(encz) | simple closed curve, n: |
sine curve
(encz) | sine curve, n: |
sprinkler water division curve
(encz) | sprinkler water division curve,dešťoměrná křivka
postřikovače [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
supply and demand curve
(encz) | supply and demand curve,křivka nabídky a poptávky Mgr. Dita Gálová |
supply curve
(encz) | supply curve,nabídková křivka [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
throw a curve
(encz) | throw a curve, |
trading possibilities curve
(encz) | trading possibilities curve,křivka obchodních možností [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
transformation curve
(encz) | transformation curve, |
uncurved
(encz) | uncurved, adj: |
upcurved
(encz) | upcurved, adj: |
upward-sloping curve
(encz) | upward-sloping curve, |
yield curve
(encz) | yield curve,čára vydatnosti [fin.] Petr Ferschmann |
Aerocurve
(gcide) | Aerocurve \A"["e]r*o*curve`\, n. [A["e]ro- + curve.]
(A["e]ronautics)
A modification of the a["e]roplane, having curved surfaces,
the advantages of which were first demonstrated by
Lilienthal.
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Algebraic curve
(gcide) | Algebraic \Al`ge*bra"ic\, Algebraical \Al`ge*bra"ic*al\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to algebra; using algebra; according to
the laws of algebra; containing an operation of algebra,
or deduced from such operation; as, algebraic characters;
algebraical writings; algebraic geometry.
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2. progressing by constant multiplicatory factors; -- of a
series of numbers. Contrasted to arithmetical. algebraic
progression
Syn: algebraic
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Algebraic curve, a curve such that the equation which
expresses the relation between the co["o]rdinates of its
points involves only the ordinary operations of algebra;
-- opposed to a transcendental curve.
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Anallagmatic curves
(gcide) | Anallagmatic \An`al*lag*mat"ic\, a. [Gr. ?; 'an priv. + ? a
change.] (Math.)
Not changed in form by inversion.
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Anallagmatic curves, a class of curves of the fourth degree
which have certain peculiar relations to circles; --
sometimes called bicircular quartics.
Anallagmatic surfaces, a certain class of surfaces of the
fourth degree.
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Axis of a curve
(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.
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2. (Geom.) A line described according to some low, and having
no finite portion of it a straight line.
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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]Axis \Ax"is\, n.; pl. Axes. [L. axis axis, axle. See Axle.]
A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body,
on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line
passing through a body or system around which the parts are
symmetrically arranged.
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2. (Math.) A straight line with respect to which the
different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged;
as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e., the axis of a cone,
that is, the straight line joining the vertex and the
center of the base; the axis of a circle, any straight
line passing through the center.
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3. (Bot.) The stem; the central part, or longitudinal
support, on which organs or parts are arranged; the
central line of any body. --Gray.
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4. (Anat.)
(a) The second vertebra of the neck, or {vertebra
dentata}.
(b) Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is
prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first
vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process
or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head
to turn upon.
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5. (Crystallog.) One of several imaginary lines, assumed in
describing the position of the planes by which a crystal
is bounded.
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6. (Fine Arts) The primary or secondary central line of any
design.
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Anticlinal axis (Geol.), a line or ridge from which the
strata slope downward on the two opposite sides.
Synclinal axis, a line from which the strata slope upward
in opposite directions, so as to form a valley.
Axis cylinder (Anat.), the neuraxis or essential, central
substance of a nerve fiber; -- called also axis band,
axial fiber, and cylinder axis.
Axis in peritrochio, the wheel and axle, one of the
mechanical powers.
Axis of a curve (Geom.), a straight line which bisects a
system of parallel chords of a curve; called a {principal
axis}, when cutting them at right angles, in which case it
divides the curve into two symmetrical portions, as in the
parabola, which has one such axis, the ellipse, which has
two, or the circle, which has an infinite number. The two
axes of the ellipse are the major axis and the {minor
axis}, and the two axes of the hyperbola are the
transverse axis and the conjugate axis.
Axis of a lens, the straight line passing through its
center and perpendicular to its surfaces.
Axis of a microscope or Axis of a telescope, the straight
line with which coincide the axes of the several lenses
which compose it.
Axes of co["o]rdinates in a plane, two straight lines
intersecting each other, to which points are referred for
the purpose of determining their relative position: they
are either rectangular or oblique.
Axes of co["o]rdinates in space, the three straight lines
in which the co["o]rdinate planes intersect each other.
Axis of a balance, that line about which it turns.
Axis of oscillation, of a pendulum, a right line passing
through the center about which it vibrates, and
perpendicular to the plane of vibration.
Axis of polarization, the central line around which the
prismatic rings or curves are arranged. --Brewster.
Axis of revolution (Descriptive Geom.), a straight line
about which some line or plane is revolved, so that the
several points of the line or plane shall describe circles
with their centers in the fixed line, and their planes
perpendicular to it, the line describing a surface of
revolution, and the plane a solid of revolution.
Axis of symmetry (Geom.), any line in a plane figure which
divides the figure into two such parts that one part, when
folded over along the axis, shall coincide with the other
part.
Axis of the equator, ecliptic, horizon (or other circle
considered with reference to the sphere on which it lies),
the diameter of the sphere which is perpendicular to the
plane of the circle. --Hutton.
Axis of the Ionic capital (Arch.), a line passing
perpendicularly through the middle of the eye of the
volute.
Neutral axis (Mech.), the line of demarcation between the
horizontal elastic forces of tension and compression,
exerted by the fibers in any cross section of a girder.
Optic axis of a crystal, the direction in which a ray of
transmitted light suffers no double refraction. All
crystals, not of the isometric system, are either uniaxial
or biaxial.
Optic axis, Visual axis (Opt.), the straight line passing
through the center of the pupil, and perpendicular to the
surface of the eye.
Radical axis of two circles (Geom.), the straight line
perpendicular to the line joining their centers and such
that the tangents from any point of it to the two circles
shall be equal to each other.
Spiral axis (Arch.), the axis of a twisted column drawn
spirally in order to trace the circumvolutions without.
Axis of abscissas and Axis of ordinates. See Abscissa.
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Caustic curve
(gcide) | Caustic \Caus"tic\, Caustical \Caus"tic*al\, a. [L. caustucs,
Ge. ?, fr. ? to burn. Cf. Calm, Ink.]
1. Capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating
away its substance by chemical action; burning; corrosive;
searing.
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2. Severe; satirical; sharp; as, a caustic remark.
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Caustic curve (Optics), a curve to which the ray of light,
reflected or refracted by another curve, are tangents, the
reflecting or refracting curve and the luminous point
being in one plane.
Caustic lime. See under Lime.
Caustic potash, Caustic soda (Chem.), the solid
hydroxides potash, KOH, and soda, NaOH, or solutions
of the same.
Caustic silver, nitrate of silver, lunar caustic.
Caustic surface (Optics), a surface to which rays reflected
or refracted by another surface are tangents. Caustic
curves and surfaces are called catacaustic when formed by
reflection, and diacaustic when formed by refraction.
Syn: Stinging; cutting; pungent; searching.
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Center of a curve
(gcide) | center \cen"ter\ (s[e^]n"t[~e]r), n. [F. centre, fr. L. centrum,
fr. Gr. ke`ntron any sharp point, the point round which a
circle is described, fr. kentei^n to prick, goad.]
1. A point equally distant from the extremities of a line,
figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of
a circle; the middle point or place.
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2. The middle or central portion of anything.
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3. A principal or important point of concentration; the
nucleus around which things are gathered or to which they
tend; an object of attention, action, or force; as, a
center of attaction.
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4. The earth. [Obs.] --Shak.
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5. Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who
support the existing government. They sit in the middle of
the legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer,
between the conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the
right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced
republicans who occupy the seats on his left, See Right,
and Left.
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6. (Arch.) A temporary structure upon which the materials of
a vault or arch are supported in position until the work
becomes self-supporting.
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7. (Mech.)
(a) One of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc.,
upon which the work is held, and about which it
revolves.
(b) A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a
shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center,
on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.
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Note: In a lathe the
live center is in the spindle of the head stock; the
dead center is on the tail stock.
Planer centers are stocks carrying centers, when the object
to be planed must be turned on its axis.
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Center of an army, the body or troops occupying the place
in the line between the wings.
Center of a curve or Center of a surface (Geom.)
(a) A point such that every line drawn through the point
and terminated by the curve or surface is bisected at
the point.
(b) The fixed point of reference in polar coordinates. See
Coordinates.
Center of curvature of a curve (Geom.), the center of that
circle which has at any given point of the curve closer
contact with the curve than has any other circle whatever.
See Circle.
Center of a fleet, the division or column between the van
and rear, or between the weather division and the lee.
Center of gravity (Mech.), that point of a body about which
all its parts can be balanced, or which being supported,
the whole body will remain at rest, though acted upon by
gravity.
Center of gyration (Mech.), that point in a rotating body
at which the whole mass might be concentrated
(theoretically) without altering the resistance of the
intertia of the body to angular acceleration or
retardation.
Center of inertia (Mech.), the center of gravity of a body
or system of bodies.
Center of motion, the point which remains at rest, while
all the other parts of a body move round it.
Center of oscillation, the point at which, if the whole
matter of a suspended body were collected, the time of
oscillation would be the same as it is in the actual form
and state of the body.
Center of percussion, that point in a body moving about a
fixed axis at which it may strike an obstacle without
communicating a shock to the axis.
Center of pressure (Hydros.), that point in a surface
pressed by a fluid, at which, if a force equal to the
whole pressure and in the same line be applied in a
contrary direction, it will balance or counteract the
whole pressure of the fluid.
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Center of curvature of a curve
(gcide) | center \cen"ter\ (s[e^]n"t[~e]r), n. [F. centre, fr. L. centrum,
fr. Gr. ke`ntron any sharp point, the point round which a
circle is described, fr. kentei^n to prick, goad.]
1. A point equally distant from the extremities of a line,
figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of
a circle; the middle point or place.
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2. The middle or central portion of anything.
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3. A principal or important point of concentration; the
nucleus around which things are gathered or to which they
tend; an object of attention, action, or force; as, a
center of attaction.
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4. The earth. [Obs.] --Shak.
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5. Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who
support the existing government. They sit in the middle of
the legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer,
between the conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the
right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced
republicans who occupy the seats on his left, See Right,
and Left.
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6. (Arch.) A temporary structure upon which the materials of
a vault or arch are supported in position until the work
becomes self-supporting.
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7. (Mech.)
(a) One of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc.,
upon which the work is held, and about which it
revolves.
(b) A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a
shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center,
on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.
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Note: In a lathe the
live center is in the spindle of the head stock; the
dead center is on the tail stock.
Planer centers are stocks carrying centers, when the object
to be planed must be turned on its axis.
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Center of an army, the body or troops occupying the place
in the line between the wings.
Center of a curve or Center of a surface (Geom.)
(a) A point such that every line drawn through the point
and terminated by the curve or surface is bisected at
the point.
(b) The fixed point of reference in polar coordinates. See
Coordinates.
Center of curvature of a curve (Geom.), the center of that
circle which has at any given point of the curve closer
contact with the curve than has any other circle whatever.
See Circle.
Center of a fleet, the division or column between the van
and rear, or between the weather division and the lee.
Center of gravity (Mech.), that point of a body about which
all its parts can be balanced, or which being supported,
the whole body will remain at rest, though acted upon by
gravity.
Center of gyration (Mech.), that point in a rotating body
at which the whole mass might be concentrated
(theoretically) without altering the resistance of the
intertia of the body to angular acceleration or
retardation.
Center of inertia (Mech.), the center of gravity of a body
or system of bodies.
Center of motion, the point which remains at rest, while
all the other parts of a body move round it.
Center of oscillation, the point at which, if the whole
matter of a suspended body were collected, the time of
oscillation would be the same as it is in the actual form
and state of the body.
Center of percussion, that point in a body moving about a
fixed axis at which it may strike an obstacle without
communicating a shock to the axis.
Center of pressure (Hydros.), that point in a surface
pressed by a fluid, at which, if a force equal to the
whole pressure and in the same line be applied in a
contrary direction, it will balance or counteract the
whole pressure of the fluid.
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Class of a curve
(gcide) | Class \Class\ (kl[.a]s), n. [F. classe, fr. L. classis class,
collection, fleet; akin to Gr. klh^sis a calling, kalei^n to
call, E. claim, haul.]
1. A group of individuals ranked together as possessing
common characteristics; as, the different classes of
society; the educated class; the lower classes.
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2. A number of students in a school or college, of the same
standing, or pursuing the same studies.
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3. A comprehensive division of animate or inanimate objects,
grouped together on account of their common
characteristics, in any classification in natural science,
and subdivided into orders, families, tribes, genera, etc.
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4. A set; a kind or description, species or variety.
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She had lost one class energies. --Macaulay.
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5. (Methodist Church) One of the sections into which a church
or congregation is divided, and which is under the
supervision of a class leader.
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6. One session of formal instruction in which one or more
teachers instruct a group on some subject. The class may
be one of a course of classes, or a single special
session.
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7. A high degree of elegance, in dress or behavior; the
quality of bearing oneself with dignity, grace, and social
adeptness.
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Class of a curve (Math.), the kind of a curve as expressed
by the number of tangents that can be drawn from any point
to the curve. A circle is of the second class.
Class meeting (Methodist Church), a meeting of a class
under the charge of a class leader, for counsel and
relegious instruction.
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curve
(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.
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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.
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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]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]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]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.
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2. (Geom.) A line described according to some low, and having
no finite portion of it a straight line.
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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]Curve \Curve\, v. i.
To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the
road curves to the right.
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