Curve vs. Turn

Curveadjective

(obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved.

Curvenoun

A gentle bend, such as in a road.

Curvenoun

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

Curvenoun

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.

Curvenoun

(analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.

Curvenoun

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

Curvenoun

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

Curvenoun

(topology) A one-dimensional continuum.

Curvenoun

The attractive shape of a woman's body.

Curveverb

(transitive) To bend; to crook.

Curveverb

(transitive) To cause to swerve from a straight course.

Curveverb

(intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.

Curveverb

To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).

Curveverb

(slang) To reject, to turn down romantic advances

Curveadjective

Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.

Curvenoun

A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal.

Curvenoun

A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a straight line.

Curveverb

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.

Curveverb

To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right.

Curvenoun

the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes

Curvenoun

a line on a graph representing data

Curvenoun

a baseball thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approach the batter

Curvenoun

the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface

Curvenoun

curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)

Curveverb

turn sharply; change direction abruptly;

Curveverb

extend in curves and turns;

Curveverb

form an arch or curve;

Curveverb

bend or cause to bend;

Curveverb

form a curl, curve, or kink;

Curve

In mathematics, a curve (also called a curved line in older texts) is an object similar to a line, but that does not have to be straight. Intuitively, a curve may be thought of as the trace left by a moving point.

Turnverb

(heading) to make a non-linear physical movement.

Turnverb

(intransitive) Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.

Turnverb

(transitive) To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.

Turnverb

(intransitive) to change one's direction of travel.

Turnverb

to change the course of.

Turnverb

(transitive) To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.

Turnverb

(by extension) To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.

Turnverb

(transitive) To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.

Turnverb

To navigate through a book or other printed material.

Turnverb

Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.

Turnverb

Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.

Turnverb

To change condition or attitude.

Turnverb

(copulative) To become begin to be.

Turnverb

To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.

Turnverb

To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.

Turnverb

To reach a certain age.

Turnverb

To hinge; to depend.

Turnverb

To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.

Turnverb

To change personal condition.

Turnverb

To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.

Turnverb

To complete.

Turnverb

(transitive) To make (money); turn a profit.

Turnverb

Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.

Turnverb

To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.

Turnverb

(obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.

Turnverb

To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.

Turnverb

(archaic) To translate.

Turnverb

To magically or divinely attack undead.

Turnnoun

A change of direction or orientation.

Turnnoun

A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.

Turnnoun

(geometry) A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.

Turnnoun

A single loop of a coil.

Turnnoun

A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.

Turnnoun

The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.

Turnnoun

One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.

Turnnoun

A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.

Turnnoun

(also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.

Turnnoun

A fit or a period of giddiness.

Turnnoun

A change in temperament or circumstance.

Turnnoun

(poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.

Turnnoun

The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.

Turnnoun

A deed done to another.

Turnnoun

(rope) A pass behind or through an object.

Turnnoun

Character; personality; nature.

Turnnoun

(soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.

Turnnoun

A short skit, act, or routine.

Turnverb

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wholly, or repeatedly; to make to change position so as to present other sides in given directions; to make to face otherwise; as, to turn a wheel or a spindle; to turn the body or the head.

Turnverb

To cause to present a different side uppermost or outmost; to make the upper side the lower, or the inside to be the outside of; to reverse the position of; as, to turn a box or a board; to turn a coat.

Turnverb

To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to; to direct otherwise; to deflect; to incline differently; - used both literally and figuratively; as, to turn the eyes to the heavens; to turn a horse from the road, or a ship from her course; to turn the attention to or from something.

Turnverb

To change from a given use or office; to divert, as to another purpose or end; to transfer; to use or employ; to apply; to devote.

Turnverb

To change the form, quality, aspect, or effect of; to alter; to metamorphose; to convert; to transform; - often with to or into before the word denoting the effect or product of the change; as, to turn a worm into a winged insect; to turn green to blue; to turn prose into verse; to turn a Whig to a Tory, or a Hindu to a Christian; to turn good to evil, and the like.

Turnverb

To form in a lathe; to shape or fashion (anything) by applying a cutting tool to it while revolving; as, to turn the legs of stools or tables; to turn ivory or metal.

Turnverb

Hence, to give form to; to shape; to mold; to put in proper condition; to adapt.

Turnverb

To translate; to construe; as, to turn the Iliad.

Turnverb

To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc.: as, to turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly.

Turnverb

To make a turn about or around (something); to go or pass around by turning; as, to turn a corner.

Turnverb

To sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one's stomach.

Turnverb

To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man turns on his heel.

Turnverb

Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge; to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact.

Turnverb

To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to issue.

Turnverb

To be deflected; to take a different direction or tendency; to be directed otherwise; to be differently applied; to be transferred; as, to turn from the road.

Turnverb

To be changed, altered, or transformed; to become transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to grow; as, wood turns to stone; water turns to ice; one color turns to another; to turn Muslim.

Turnverb

To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory turns well.

Turnverb

To become acid; to sour; - said of milk, ale, etc.

Turnverb

To become giddy; - said of the head or brain.

Turnverb

To invert a type of the same thickness, as temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.

Turnverb

To be nauseated; - said of the stomach.

Turnverb

To become inclined in the other direction; - said of scales.

Turnverb

To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; - said of the tide.

Turnverb

To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.

Turnnoun

The act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if about, a center or axis; revolution; as, the turn of a wheel.

Turnnoun

Change of direction, course, or tendency; different order, position, or aspect of affairs; alteration; vicissitude; as, the turn of the tide.

Turnnoun

One of the successive portions of a course, or of a series of occurrences, reckoning from change to change; hence, a winding; a bend; a meander.

Turnnoun

A circuitous walk, or a walk to and fro, ending where it began; a short walk; a stroll.

Turnnoun

Successive course; opportunity enjoyed by alternation with another or with others, or in due order; due chance; alternate or incidental occasion; appropriate time.

Turnnoun

Incidental or opportune deed or office; occasional act of kindness or malice; as, to do one an ill turn.

Turnnoun

Convenience; occasion; purpose; exigence; as, this will not serve his turn.

Turnnoun

Form; cast; shape; manner; fashion; - used in a literal or figurative sense; hence, form of expression; mode of signifying; as, the turn of thought; a man of a sprightly turn in conversation.

Turnnoun

A change of condition; especially, a sudden or recurring symptom of illness, as a nervous shock, or fainting spell; as, a bad turn.

Turnnoun

A fall off the ladder at the gallows; a hanging; - so called from the practice of causing the criminal to stand on a ladder which was turned over, so throwing him off, when the signal was given.

Turnnoun

A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a pin or a cleat.

Turnnoun

A pit sunk in some part of a drift.

Turnnoun

A court of record, held by the sheriff twice a year in every hundred within his county.

Turnnoun

Monthly courses; menses.

Turnnoun

An embellishment or grace (marked thus, ), commonly consisting of the principal note, or that on which the turn is made, with the note above, and the semitone below, the note above being sounded first, the principal note next, and the semitone below last, the three being performed quickly, as a triplet preceding the marked note. The turn may be inverted so as to begin with the lower note, in which case the sign is either placed on end thus , or drawn thus .

Turnnoun

a circular segment of a curve;

Turnnoun

the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course;

Turnnoun

the activity of doing something in an agreed succession;

Turnnoun

an unforeseen development;

Turnnoun

a movement in a new direction;

Turnnoun

turning away or in the opposite direction;

Turnnoun

turning or twisting around (in place);

Turnnoun

a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else);

Turnnoun

(sports) a period of play during which one team is on the offensive

Turnnoun

a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program;

Turnnoun

a favor for someone;

Turnnoun

taking a short walk out and back;

Turnverb

change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense;

Turnverb

undergo a change or development;

Turnverb

undergo a transformation or a change of position or action;

Turnverb

cause to move around or rotate;

Turnverb

pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become;

Turnverb

to send or let go;

Turnverb

pass to the other side of;

Turnverb

move around an axis or a center;

Turnverb

cause to move around a center so as to show another side of;

Turnverb

change to the contrary;

Turnverb

to break and turn over earth especially with a plow;

Turnverb

change color;

Turnverb

cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics;

Turnverb

let (something) fall or spill a container;

Turnverb

twist suddenly so as to sprain;

Turnverb

shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel;

Turnverb

go sour or spoil;

Turnverb

accomplish by rotating;

Turnverb

get by buying and selling;

Turnverb

cause to move along an axis or into a new direction;

Turnverb

channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something;

Turnverb

cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form;

Turnverb

alter the functioning or setting of;

Turnverb

direct at someone;

Turnverb

have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to;

Turnverb

become officially one year older;