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UK
/kˈɜːvɪlˌɪniə/
]
ADJECTIVE
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characterized by or following a curved line
curvilinear tracery
curvilinear motion
How To Use curvilinear In A Sentence
- We suspected that most people would not spontaneously think in terms of this curvilinearity and would, in fact, think that fuel consumption decreases as a linear function of MPG. The Miles Per Gallon Illusion | clusterflock
- The lane is streaked with curvilinear snow, in places trodden into blue ice.
- The action of adduction along the frontal plane of the body will cause the arm to be moved in a curvilinear arc (the arm being a lever system with the fulcrum at the shoulder end).
- The challenge now is the marathon of a 14-mile nonstop stretch of waves and holes that slithers through the curvilinear canyon like a snake on crack.
- The new Pavilion boasted great stucco arches and curvilinear parapets on each of its four facades and three-story towers at the corners.
- For Reginfo, the top horizontal line with the curvilinear arrow bears the same connotation as one of the implications of the quartered circle.
- Dr Valverde frowned when she noticed the curvilinear bite-marks on the neck. HAVANA BEST FRIENDS
- One of the first examples of a curvilinear glasshouse, it stands as a reminder of bygone eras in Belfast's history.
- Another wall was adorned with brightly colored curvilinear shapes made of cutout vinyl, placed on rectilinear pieces of transparent Mylar that were carefully distributed in an uneven pattern.
- Another method for measuring curvilinear map distances is to use a mechanical device called an opisometer. Location, distance, and direction on maps