Español > curva: 4 sentidos > nombre 1, shape| Sentido | The trace of a point whose direction of motion changes. |
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| Específico | arco, bóveda | A curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening |
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| arco | Something curved in shape |
| arco de círculo, arco | A continuous portion of a circle |
| campana, forma de campana | The shape of a bell |
| campana de Gauss, curva de campana, curva gausiana, curva normal, forma gausiana | A symmetrical curve representing the normal distribution |
| catenaria, catenario | The curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and inextensible cord of uniform density / density and cross section hanging freely from two fixed points |
| creciente, medialuna | Any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters |
| crenación, crenature | One of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.) |
| curva, curvatura, giro, recodo, vuelta | A circular segment of a curve |
| cuádrica | A curve or surface whose equation (in Cartesian coordinates) is of the second degree |
| espiral, hélice | A curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle |
| espiral | A plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center |
| extradós, trasdós | The exterior curve of an arch |
| gancho | A sharp curve or crook |
| intradós | The interior curve of an arch |
| meandro | A bend or curve, as in a stream or river |
| ola, onda, ondulación | An undulating curve |
| ruleta | A line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure |
| sinuosidad, tortuosidad | Having curves |
| General | línea | A length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness |
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| Contrario | recta | A line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction |
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| Inglés | curve, curved shape |
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| Catalán | corba |
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| Verbos | virar | Turn sharply |
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