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curvilinear

/kur-vuh-lin-ee-er/US // ˌkɜr vəˈlɪn i ər //UK // (ˌkɜːvɪˈlɪnɪə) //

曲线型,曲线型的,曲线式,曲线形

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : consisting of or bounded by curved lines: a curvilinear figure.
    • : forming or moving in a curved line.
    • : formed or characterized by curved lines.

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Examples

  • Silvestre Varela was hurtling toward the U.S. goal when Ronaldo fed him a pass of curvilinear purity.

  • In each bay of the Triforium there are three arches with curvilinear tracery.

  • There are the degrees of direction of line, curvilinear or angular.

  • The same principle is true of designs upon the curvilinear plan.

  • The rifflers of sculptors and a few other files are curvilinear in their central line.

  • A wing added in the seventeenth century, with quaint curvilinear gable, projects into the garden behind.