curvilinear
curvilinear adjective: having bends; curved; curvilineal.
Adjective
curvilinear (not comparable)
- Having bends; curved; curvilineal.
- the curvilinear motion of a thrown stone
- 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
curvilinear meaning in Tamil and Bengali
curvilinear in Tamil
- வளைகோட்டிற்குரிய, வளைகோட்டு, வளைகோடு வரம்புடைய, வளைகோடுகளை வரம்புகளாகக் கொண்ட
curvilinear in Bengali
- curvilinear
- বক্ররৈখিক bokrorōikhik
Origin of curvilinear
From curve + -i- + linear, compare curve, linear.
Words formed from curvilinear
Questions about curvilinear
- What does curvilinear mean?
- Curvilinear means having bends; curved; curvilineal.
- What is curvilinear in Tamil?
- Curvilinear in Tamil is வளைகோட்டிற்குரிய, வளைகோட்டு, வளைகோடு வரம்புடைய. See Curvilinear meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is curvilinear?
- Curvilinear is an adjective.
Words near curvilinear in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: curvilinear (page history and authors); curvilinear (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); বক্ররৈখিক (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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