curvilinear en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From curve + -i- + linear, compare curve, linear.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Having bends; curved; curvilineal.
the curvilinear motion of a thrown stone
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(not-comparable) Formed by curved lines.
In early art rectilinear decoration marks an advance on curvilinear, which, in the long ages before pottery was thought of, would naturally be associated with the fibrous baskets that served as vessels.
1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 52:
Deriveds
semicurvilinear · curvilinearity · curvilinearly
Translations (13)
de kurvilinear (having bends) · es curvilíneo (having bends) · ca curvilini (having bends) · eo kurbe-linia (having bends) · sv kroklinjig (having bends) · mk кривулест (having bends) · de kurvenartig (having bends) · mk криволиниски (formed by curved lines) · de gekrümmt (having bends) · de krummlinig (having bends) · eo kurbe-linia (formed by curved lines) · yue 彎曲嘅 /弯曲嘅 (having bends) · de kurvenförmig (having bends)