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[ adjective ] not straight; having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend
Synonyms Examples "the curved tusks of a walrus" "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard" Used in print (Harry H. Hull, "The Normal Forces and Their Ther...)Just as the pressure exerted by surface_tension in a spherical drop is * * f and the pressure exerted by surface_tension on a cylindrical shape is * * f , the pressure exerted by any curved surface is * * f , where �g is the interfacial_tension and * * f and * * f are the two radii_of_curvature . (William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)This meant , concretely , that the patient could not read at_all without making writing like movements of the head or body , became easily confused by `` hasher_marks '' inserted between hand-written words and thus confused the mark for one of the letters , and could recognize a simple straight_line or a curved one only by tracing it . (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)Her voice was ripe and full and her teeth flashed again in Sicilian brilliance before the warm curved lips met and her mouth settled in repose . |
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