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[kur-vuh-cher, -choor] 
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| Main Entry: |
curvature
[kur-vuh-cher, -choor]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rounded part of thing, usually body part |
| Synonyms: | arc, arch, arching, bend, bow, curve, curving, curvity, deflection, flexure, incurvation, round, shape |
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| Main Entry: | arc |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curve |
| Synonyms: | arch, bend, bow, crescent, curvation, curvature, half-moon, round |
| Notes: | ark is a large, commodious boat and arc is something shaped like a curve or arch; a segment of a circle |
| Main Entry: | arch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curve, curved structure |
| Synonyms: | arc, archway, bend, bow, curvature, dome, semicircle, span, vault |
| Main Entry: | bend |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curve |
| Synonyms: | angle, arc, bending, bow, corner, crook, curvation, curvature, deflection, deviation, flection, flexure, hook, lean, loop, round, sag, shift, tack, tilt, turn, twist, yaw, zigzag |
| Antonyms: | line |
| Main Entry: | bow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bend from waist |
| Synonyms: | angle, arc, arch, bend, bending, bob, curtsy, curvation, curvature, curve, flection, flexure, genuflection, inclination, kowtow, nod, obeisance, round, salaam, turn, turning |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | curve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arched, rounded line or object |
| Synonyms: | ambit, arc, arch, bend, bight, bow, camber, catenary, chord, circle, circuit, circumference, compass, concavity, contour, crook, curlicue, curvation, curvature, ellipse, festoon, flexure, hairpin, half-moon, helix, horseshoe, hyperbola, incurvation, incurvature, loop, meniscus, ogee, parabola, quirk, rondure, round, sinuosity, sweep, swerve, trajectory, turn, vault, whorl |
| Antonyms: | line |
| Main Entry: | round |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | globe, ball; semicircular area |
| Synonyms: | arc, arch, band, bend, bow, circle, circlet, curvation, curvature, curve, disc, disk, equator, eye, gyre, hoop, loop, orb, orbit, ring, ringlet, sphere, wheel |
| Main Entry: | genuflection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bow |
| Synonyms: | angle, arc, arch, bend, bending, bob, curtsy, curvation, curvature, curve, flection, flexure, inclination, kowtow, nod, obeisance, round, salaam, turn, turning |
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| Main Entry: | curve |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
aquiline, barrel, bombé, bow, bowed, circular, concamerated, concavo, convexo, cordiform, crescentic, crump, curvate, curved, curviform, curvilineal, curvulate, cusped, devex, devious, downcurved, excurved, falcate, ficiform, fig, hooked, incurved, involute, lenticular, lentiform, looped, lunette, luniform, lunular, meniscal, meniscoid, oblique, obpyriform, pear, recurved, recurvous, reniform, retroflex, saber, semilunar, sigmoidal, sweeping, upcurved, vaulted
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