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hockey stick curve

hockey stick curve noun: a curve on a graph depicting a statistical or numerical trend with a long gradual rise followed by a steep increase over the short term.

Noun

hockey stick curve (plural hockey stick curves)

  1. A curve on a graph depicting a statistical or numerical trend with a long gradual rise followed by a steep increase over the short term.
    • This same narrative is parroted by the government. But there is nothing natural about it. This is climate change in action, and pretending we aren’t experiencing a climate catastrophe right now is dangerously irresponsible. Remember, we are only at the beginning of the hockey stick curve. Things...2022 March 4, Eddie Lloyd, “The PM calls this a natural disaster – it’s not natural, it’s climate change smashing down our doors”, in The Guardian

Forms of hockey stick curve

pluralhockey stick curves

Questions about hockey stick curve

What does hockey stick curve mean?
Hockey stick curve means a curve on a graph depicting a statistical or numerical trend with a long gradual rise followed by a steep increase over the short term.
What part of speech is hockey stick curve?
Hockey stick curve is a noun.
What is the plural of hockey stick curve?
The plural of hockey stick curve is hockey stick curves.

Words near hockey stick curve in the dictionary

  1. hockey skate
  2. hockey skates
  3. hockey sock
  4. hockey socks
  5. hockey stick
  6. hockey stick curve
  7. hockey stick curves
  8. hockey sticks
  9. hockey stop
  10. hockey stops
  11. hockey tape

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