adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
lines
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My father thinks they should be in curved lines .
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A crossing of curved lines softens the hypnotic.
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They show up as curved lines on a photographic film.
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Even at that resolution and that many dots, curved lines can appear jagged, albeit under a magnifying glass.
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A group of too many curved lines , without the structural rigidity of straights, tends to become sweet and sentimental.
member
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After gluing, the curved members were cut to shape on the band saw then finished with the spokeshave.
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That is to say the curved members , such as ribs, were built up of naturally curving wood, chosen to have the right shape.
space
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One has to specify what class of possible curved spaces should be included in the sum over histories.
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The Cartesian coordinates which result from this transformation describe a space which is tangential to the curved space at the point selected.
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Application of the strong equivalence principle provides the basis for a definition of parallel transport in curved space time.
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An equivalent view of this effect is that the result of parallel transport in a curved space depends on the path taken.
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This suggests an unambiguous procedure for transporting a local vector across curved space time.
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This class consisted of curved spaces without singularities, which were of finite size but which did not have boundaries or edges.
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Riemann, who was a student of Gauss, initiated the analysis of curved spaces with more than two dimensions in 1846.
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The situation is very different in a homogeneous, isotropic, curved space with K negative.
surface
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It is worth recalling that in Section 3.3 the analogous question was addressed for transport over a curved surface .
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The shortest paths joining points a finite distance apart on a curved surface are generally not simple straight lines.
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The backing can be cut to give the shape you want and can also be used around a curved surface .
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Upon me rested heavy cold weights and under me was a smooth, curved surface like the bottom of a gargantuan test-tube.
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Straight lines, in the usual sense, can not be drawn on curved surfaces or in curved spaces.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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An airplane wing is curved on top and flat on the bottom.
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Shaving mirrors are slightly curved in order to magnify the image.
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The bird uses its long curved bill to dig out worms and small insects.
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The entrance is formed by two curved rows of large stones.
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The knife had a heavy curved blade.
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The temple's roof is curved , in the Thai style.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A crossing of curved lines softens the hypnotic.
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Economically, thinner ply is preferable, but needs strengthening to prevent curved steps.
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He had a cruel, clever, merciless face, with a big curved nose and very bright, hard eyes.
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His almost bare chest and the high, curved horns he wears accentuate his height and his slender build.
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The floodwater, carrying branches and driftwood, was over the roadway on the curved iron bridge.
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The girl's body was curved and slender and my hands were straying to the ribbons on her bodice.
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The stone interior of the church held darkness as a curved shell holds water.
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The ventralmost arm spine may be curved or sabre shaped.