Curves

What do we mean by curves?

A gentle bend, such as in a road.

A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.

A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.

A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.

A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.

An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.

A one-dimensional continuum.

(usually in the plural) The attractive shape of a woman's body.

Words that are spelled similarly to curves:
curves, curve, curved, curvet, cures, curses, turves, curvey, corves, curies, purves, carves, curtes, curvets, lurves.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word curves:
elliptic, curve, riemann, tangent, intersecting, algebraic, concurrency, projective, intersect, terminus, curvature, intersection, northeast, interchange, conjecture, radius, farmland, passes, wooded, northwest, northward, manifold, eastward, finite, modular, rational, geometry, southeast, roadway, fork, travels, theorem, parallels, crossing, heads, heading, geometric, highway, freeway, parkway, angles, differential, reaches, cubic, creek, smooth, steep, dimension, passing, shapes, coordinates, coordinate, pike, vector, plane, continues, equation, graph, woodland, alignment, curved, road, circles, straight, boulevard, entering, parallel, formula, turning, linear, becomes, sharp, southwest, edges, residential, interstate, route, varieties, approaches, limits, onto, horizontal, constant, exit, gauge, junction, angle, define, defined, east, railroad, slightly, wheels, begins, width, ends, avenue, locomotive, edge, tunnel.

Words that rhyme with curves:
nerves, reserves, preserves, serves, deserves, observes, purves, swerves, war of nerves, strawberry preserves.

Adjectives that are often used to describe curves:
characteristic, typical, theoretical, solid, experimental, individual, smooth, potential, similar, sharp, marginal, normal, corresponding, standard, time, average, lower, graceful, dotted, current, cumulative, run, shaped, closed, vertical, continuous, upper, soft, integral, calculated, separate, gentle, linear, volume, elliptic, kinetic, survival, exponential, temperature, displacement, horizontal, mean, respective, irregular, relative, spectral, light, observed, parallel, cost, flat, constant, parabolic, circular, identical, empirical, measured, thermal, static, broken, steep, line, composite, isothermal, torque, hypothetical, elastic, parametric, pressure, magnetic.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective curves:
layer, study.

Consonant match to curves:
calves, caves, coves.

Words that sound like curves:
curves, curries, currys, creese, crees, kreis, creaze, curry's, cries, curve, craze, crows, curvy, calves, craves, cavs, curs, kers, curvey, cvs, crise, carves, chors, curv, crase, cors, crs, crose, kurz, crays, kriz, crv, craws, kirs, chrs, kurs, corrs, krise, crz, krs, croze, kros, kraz, kroes, corves, curva, kurve, curvo, kerve, croys, kurv, crease, cherise, cross, curse, chris, cruise, caress, caves, crass, cruz, kris, curved, crews, crys, cris, cress, cruse, curds, criss, cros, crus, carouse, cruze, coves, chriss, cras, crosse, cres, krause, kriss, krass, kross, crace, kruse, kress, kearse, crous, crds, kras, crss, chrys, krus, kresse, croise, kerse, kreuz, crasse, cross-, krauze.