curvature
Roget-categorie 245
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Curvature
zelfstandig naamwoord
curvature,
curvity†,
curvation† —
incurvature†,
incurvity† —
incurvation† —
bend —
flexure,
flexion,
flection† —
conflexure† —
crook,
hook,
bought,
bending —
deflection,
deflexion† —
inflection,
inflexion† —
concameration† —
arcuation†,
devexity†,
turn,
deviation,
detour,
sweep —
curl,
curling —
bough —
recurvity†,
recurvation† —
sinuosity
etc.
248.
kink.
carve,
arc,
arch,
arcade,
vault,
bow,
crescent,
half-moon,
lunule†,
horseshoe,
loop,
crane neck —
parabola,
hyperbola —
helix,
spiral —
catenary†,
festoon —
conchoid†,
cardioid —
caustic —
tracery —
arched ceiling,
arched roof —
bay window,
bow window.
sine curve —
spline,
spline curve,
spline function —
obliquity
etc.
217.
werkwoord
be curved,
etc.
adj. —
curve,
sweep,
sway,
swag,
sag —
deviate
etc.
279 —
curl,
turn —
reenter.
render curved
etc.
adj. —
flex,
bend,
curve,
incurvate† —
inflect —
deflect,
scatter [Phys.] —
refract
(light)
420 —
crook —
turn,
round,
arch,
arcuate,
arch over,
concamerate† —
bow,
curl,
recurve,
frizzle.
rotundity
etc.
249 —
convexity
etc.
250.
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
curved
etc.
v. —
curviform†,
curvilineal†,
curvilinear —
devex†,
devious —
recurved,
recurvous† —
crump† —
bowed
etc.
v. —
vaulted,
hooked —
falciform†,
falcated† —
semicircular,
crescentic —
sinusoid [Geom.],
parabolic,
paraboloid —
luniform†,
lunular† —
semilunar,
conchoidal† —
helical,
double helical,
spiral —
kinky —
cordiform†,
cordated† —
cardioid —
heart shaped,
bell shaped,
boat shaped,
crescent shaped,
lens shaped,
moon shaped,
oar shaped,
shield shaped,
sickle shaped,
tongue shaped,
pear shaped,
fig shaped —
kidney-shaped,
reniform —
lentiform†,
lenticular —
bow-legged
etc.
(distorted)
243 —
oblique
etc.
217 —
circular
etc.
247.
aduncated†,
arclike†,
arcuate,
arched,
beaked —
bicorn†,
bicornuous†,
bicornute† —
clypeate†,
clypeiform† —
cymbiform†,
embowed†,
galeiform† —
hamate†,
hamiform†,
hamous† —
hooked —
linguiform†,
lingulate† —
lobiform†,
lunate,
navicular†,
peltate†,
remiform†,
rhamphoid† —
rostrate†,
rostriferous†,
rostroid† —
scutate†,
scaphoid†,
uncate† —
unguiculate†,
unguiform†.
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